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  • Good Leaders Read…A Lot

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    Sue Dunlop

    Educators know that reading is power.  I’ve been reading What Connected Leaders Do Differently by Todd Whitaker, Jeff Zoul, and Jimmy Casas. It’s a solid read with an american focus, and I’ve found some great nuggets. Here’s one: great leaders read all the time. Great leaders also always seek to improve. They want to learn…

  • A Simple and Powerful Leadership Truth

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    Sue Dunlop

    We love to ask grand questions. What was your best day ever? What was the worst part of your vacation? What is your favourite book of all time? These kinds of questions can be great conversation starters, but I always have trouble answering them. How can I choose one book of the hundreds I’ve read?…

  • Phone vs. Email – You Know Which One Is Better, Right?

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    Sue Dunlop

    My work world revolves around email. I wish it wasn’t that way. Email is a time sucker. Email is never ending. And worst of all, email is void of tone or context. So the people who read your emails have to guess what tone you might be going for. There are some solutions to this: you…

  • What’s New with My #Oneword

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    Sue Dunlop

    Change Yep, there’s been a fair bit of change since January. Not that I’m surprised. One significant change has affected me professionally and personally. Our previous Director of Education, Dr. John Malloy, took on a new position in Toronto at the beginning of January. We had a six month interim period to June before our…

  • What’s Left to Do?

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    Sue Dunlop

    Chris Crouch wants to save the world. I think that’s admirable.  My goals are a little smaller. When I think about what’s left for me to do, it’s really about influence.  What can I influence? How can I influence? Who can I influence? I participated in #satchat on Twitter this morning (7:30 EST)and was part of…

  • Why We Need Classroom Leaders

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    Sue Dunlop

    We spend lots of time talking about principal leadership in education. We dissect principal workload, discuss how important instructional leadership is and concur on the impact a principal has on a school. And I agree!  The principalship is a key element of every school’s success, as I discussed here. But we need much more than…