PURPOSE: Use Your Wisdom To Build A Team
Our session ended with a panel led by three New York school heads (from Hewitt, Trinity, and Friends Seminary) discussing seismic change from the head’s perspective. They put a great deal of emphasis on our need to seek and stay connected to purpose—even beyond individual mission and values where possible—helping families and students see the greater good and greater purpose beyond the daily pressures of grades, assignments, and next steps in their educational journey.
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We Have To Stop Meeting Like This...
When we ask employees about their least favorite activity at work, two items are the most frequently cited: ‘Performance Review’ holds runner-up status for most dreaded work task (given the nature of the activity, one can imagine the possible reasons for its positioning.) But way out front---consistently, year after year---the undisputed winner is ‘meetings.’ Staff meetings, in particular, are cited with undisguised contempt.
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