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You Are Not Alone!
I was talking to an executive coach who works with heads recently. A head told him his job felt as if it had become the equivalent of “landing jumbo jets safely in the fog.”
You are not alone if you’re a head - or a senior leader - and you’re thinking about how complicated your job has become. While there is still much joy to be found in working with kids and serving families, and while you may enjoy a good challenge or learning new skills - you’re not alone if you’re thinking I didn’t sign up for this!
Over the past week I reflected on what posts have gotten the most attention - views, new subscribers, people reaching out to me in emails - and the pattern that emerges is about coming to grips with this complex time in schools - with enrollment shifts, increasing leadership demands, making governance work and insight into how to navigate it all as a female leader.
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