The Real Reason It's So Easy to Be an Accidental Diminisher It’s February, the fitness center crowds are nearly back to normal; your carefully crafted meal plan a distant memory; and your best delegation efforts now look more like micromanagement veiled in the guise of “being helpful.” Like the [...]
Accountability Questions: Who's Own's It? With business clients, I often have the privilege of participating in annual strategy sessions where division leaders roll out the annual plan, key objectives and milestones. You know these meetings – lots of fanfare, objectives ready for cascading, clarifying questions – all intended to [...]
Asking the Right Questions to Engage Parents and Students It’s been a great start to the year! My daughter came home the first day and said, “Mom, I think school should be longer every day.” Now, that’s either a sign that summer break was a terrible experience; or, that she is [...]
What if the Questions You Ask Actually Kill Your Productivity and Reach? As educators we all love the moments that we see light bulbs go on in the classroom. It is no different with adult learners. We experience a lot of these “ah-ha moments” during Multiplier leadership workshops while working through [...]
How does a school system leader tap into the latent talent that sits inside the district? At a time when expectations are rising while funding is plummeting, doing more with less has become standard operating procedure. Administrators from all corners are feeling the burden — if not in navigating a complex funding formula, then [...]
When researcher and author Liz Wiseman of Silcon Valley, Calif., asked leadership consultant Elise Foster to help her write a book, Foster was surprised. The Columbus resident said that not only was she not a writer, she was a sporadic reader. “My writing consisted of (engineering) equations,” said Foster, formerly with Cummins Inc. People can [...]
