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  • Four Ways to Extend My Digital Leadership

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    Sue Dunlop

    Digital spaces beckon me. I enjoy quickly scanning my Twitter feed for interesting tidbits. I’ve loved reading about Ontario educators’ #oneword in the Google+ community.  I blog here. Still, I wonder what more I need to do as a leader.  Jennifer Casa-Todd, digital educator, challenged the audience recently with a thought provoking question at a…

  • EXPLORE – #oneword for 2018

    EXPLORE – #oneword for 2018

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    Sue Dunlop

    January 1 is a “let’s get to it” day. Last week, I set my reading goal for the year. I created my January bullet journal pages. I also did laundry, but don’t worry, that’s not just a new year’s thing. Now it’s time for my #oneword which has become a yearly tradition (see my last…

  • Top Three Posts of 2017

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    Sue Dunlop

    I like to do a little roundup of which posts generated the most traffic each year. It’s always interesting, a little like my #bestnine on Instagram.  What others like best is not always what I thought. Here are the top three of 2017. My Leadership Inquiry: the new Problem of Practice  Thanks to the work…

  • How Much Can You Care?

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    Sue Dunlop

    Education is a caring profession. Educators I know chose it because they care about others, and especially about kids. If we only go into teaching because we are fascinated by the subject, then burn out happens. It’s great to be inspired by the content of what you’re teaching; we also have to be inspired by…

  • I Don’t Have Survey Fatigue

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    Sue Dunlop

    Confession time: my name is Sue and I like doing surveys. Weird, right? I’m the one who actually clicks on the link in a request email and completes all those questions. Cheesy magazine questionnaires, coffee shop service feedback forms, online shopping experiences, I pretty well do them all. I even do workplace surveys. I figure…

  • Is It Possible to Create a Culture of Feedback?

    Is It Possible to Create a Culture of Feedback?

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    Sue Dunlop

    I’ve noticed a disheartening phenomenon. It’s the reluctance to give feedback in the workplace because “they won’t do anything anyway”. People seem to think that if the person or organization they work for doesn’t immediately begin doing what they think should happen, then the feedback wasn’t taken seriously or even listened to. I get it.…