Tom is the CEO of Getting Smart, a learning design firm and one of the leading voices in the upcoming education revolution. I first came across Tom on Twitter, where he is very
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We're taught that hard goals are hard and easy goals are easy. Having worked with 300+ schools, I can tell you that this is not the case in the world of education. We've
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It was 6 am, and I had boarded the plane feeling grumpy and cold due to lack of sleep. "Hopefully, Houston will be sunny," I thought to myself. It would give me a
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The Balanced Scorecard is a workshop for establishing high-level strategic goals and metrics by which to monitor your school’s progress. It serves as a great team building activity for your school's leadership
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Jim Collins once said that "a big secret among effective leaders is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising amount of the time —most leaders don’t even try,
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You are the first to arrive. You hook up your laptop and prepare to lead your typical Monday management meeting. Your staff starts arriving one by one whispering hesitantly an excuse for being
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Most school heads we talk to are seeking, recurring, healthy, organic growth. We've worked with schools that were consistently able to grow their enrollment and improve their financial standing year over year. Through
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The world of education requires us to evolve more quickly and significantly than ever before. Despite the pressure to change we've found that schools are not getting any better changing. Only 12% of
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Back in late 2015, I was visiting Mary Kay down in New Orleans to help her out with enrollment growth. She'd gone through three years of steady enrollment declines and had hired us
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I woke up at 6.30am. The rain was rattling against the shutters. My wife was sound asleep; it was my turn to take my son to school. I managed to wake him
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My top 3 time management habits (easy to follow with huge payoff): 1. Writing my top three priorities on a post-it each morning and sticking it to the back of my cell phone.
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Telling principals that leadership drives school performance is a bit like saying that we need oxygen to breathe. Over 40 percent of schools are preparing to increase investment in leadership development across the
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It can be easy to put the needs of others before your own when you're the School Head. Teachers, staff, students, parents, and board members all need your attention and care, and it
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Over hundreds of interactions I've had with some of our nation's best schools, I've found that one of the most persistent challenges faced by school leaders is determining how best to grow their
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