The key is to agitate peoples’ minds without aggravating their spirits. To get them thinking about things they thought they were satisfied with; but to do so without questioning their intelligence or dedication.
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While we work with admirable efficiency – that is, take action promptly and purposefully – the truth is we often are not effective. We salve more than solve difficult situations.
One of the many lessons I’ve taken away from these gatherings is that we don’t get people to change by telling people what should happen. Effective facilitation is more subtle.
The good leader, and necessary leadership, encourages and assures a “team” during tough times; but during tranquil times, that leader keeps stirring the pot to avoid complacency.
Too many people talking about “leadership” talk only in terms of change. They measure leadership by all they change
Change is rarely from the top down, seldom obvious when it starts, and rarely accomplished alone.
Many years ago, a short, balding high school choir director taped the first rehearsal of a very difficult musical composition.
A study of ten academically-oriented after-school programs in New York City funded by the After-School Corporation may provide some unintended guidance for interscholastic athletic programs.
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