Leadership isn’t about pushing ideas into a community or a school; it’s about listening to learn. This essential premise has guided the jo...

In her Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts (2018) Brene Brown said, Own your story and you get to write the ending. Deny the s...

In twenty years of research and development on the capabilities of educational leaders, I have focused on the knowledge and skills required for excell...

COVID has shaken up so many elements of how and with whom we interact and lead that we would be foolish to ignore the singular opportunity it is givin...

Back in the day before microwaves, iPhones, and Wordle there were the “Three Rs.” I was taught that a “sound” education comprised of these “...

Collective leader efficacy (CLE) is a shared conviction among a school leadership team that they can improve the learning environment for all students...

How school leaders lead during crises is of critical importance to how schools will fare as a result of them. The most essential element for leading i...

Listen to Randy Weiner and James Bailey discuss how to lead SEL by modeling it on the Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast with Peter DeWitt: Recent resea...

As unimaginable as it sounds, the Covid-19 pandemic that has brought tragedy to hundreds of thousands of American lives since early 2020 may have one...

We were recently working with a group of energetic and passionate teachers during one of their district professional development days. During preparat...