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  • You Can’t Avoid Resistance

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    Sue Dunlop

    “If you don’t like resistance, don’t go into leadership.” What a show stopper!  Today, Andy Hargreaves presented at a conference for Ontario senior leaders where he finished up with this quote. There was an immediate buzz of laughter and agreement in the room. I have never heard it put just like that, but it’s so true. Hargreaves’…

  • Do Less

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    Sue Dunlop

    What about if we all did less? Before you get panicky about your email inbox or the myriad other operational tasks you have to do, stay with me. What I’m talking about is slowing down. I often think about our pace of life and how crazy it seems to be. We live in a culture…

  • Best April Fools!

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    Sue Dunlop

    Yesterday, on April 1st, I visited a secondary school to talk with the principal and vice principals about their work and school improvement. Classroom visits are always part of the agenda since I love to see what is going on, meet educators and talk with students about their work. When I arrived, the principal suggested…

  • Take the Stairs!

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    Sue Dunlop

    I arrive on the third floor breathing hard from taking the stairs. You’d think it would be get easier. I work in a beautiful new three level building. There’s an elevator – of course – to make sure the building is accessible and assist with moving large equipment and materials around the building. I totally understand…

  • When Empathy Isn’t Easy

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    Sue Dunlop

    We talk a lot about empathy in schools.  People able to feel empathy are happier, have better relationships and are more successful.   Empathy is essential for our society to function in a caring way. So we teach lessons about empathy (it’s one of the HWDSB Character Traits), we help students understand why it’s important to…

  • Wanted: Learning Organization that Seeks Problems

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    Sue Dunlop

    Problems can shut everything down. Sometimes the problem feels so big that we can’t see a solution. We give up. In a learning organization, the only way to overcome is to seek those problems out, put them under a light and work together to find solutions. Sounds so easy, but I know it’s not. Peter…