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Likeability Factor for Professional Women: Yes or No?

While scanning my usual news websites this morning, I found this blog posted in early July concerning likeability for professional women. In sharing this blog with you, I have to ask what … Continue reading

August 5, 2013 · Leave a comment

Find Your Role Model

I just ran across this blog posted on June 11 and could not resist sharing it with you. If you look at the screen shot above, I love the three … Continue reading

August 4, 2013 · Leave a comment

Role Models Wanted

Trusting that parents are a child’s first role model, I am struck by just how many children look up to celebrities and professional athletes as the most important models of … Continue reading

August 4, 2013 · Leave a comment

What’s in Your Toolkit?

Over the years, I’ve often been asked “what is in your toolkit?” My response has often been “it varies depending on the day.” The truth of the matter is that … Continue reading

July 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation

I recently rediscovered a TedTalk by Daniel Pink that I decided to share because he deals with a very fascinating topic – motivation. What truly motivates us? Is it the … Continue reading

July 30, 2013 · 3 Comments

The Death of Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Like Robinson, I think more and more educators are … Continue reading

July 18, 2013 · 2 Comments

Lean Together

Originally posted on The Purpose of Work:
It has been hailed as a turning point in the feminist debate. It has also been written off as an apology for Big…

July 15, 2013 · Leave a comment

Great Teachers Can Break Through Any Barrier

A picture is worth 1000 words. This safe has been through a lot. What do you think is its story? If I had to tell its story, I’d say it … Continue reading

July 13, 2013 · Leave a comment

Read This Now: Leadership and Capacity

In this week’s Read This Now, I ‘d like to not only spotlight a great article about leadership but to also share a wonderful resource that I recently discovered called Connected Principals. … Continue reading

July 9, 2013 · Leave a comment

Read This Now: 5 Transitions Great Leaders Make

Each week, I’d like to use principalaim to highlight an educational perspective that I share or that I am wrestling with.  This week’s Read This Now entry suggests there are five key transitions that help … Continue reading

July 1, 2013 · Leave a comment