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Decision-Making Posted on: July 27, 2015July 27, 2015

Drucker’s Decision Making Tool

Our team is utilizing a new model for each decision we make this year, across divisions courtesy of Peter Drucker. Dr. Jacobsen has issued the challenge and team members have already started to implement. A decision has not been made until people know: The name of the person(s) accountable for carrying it out. The deadline (timeframe for completion). The names of people who will be affected by the decision and therefore have to know about, understand, and approve it–or at least not be strongly opposed to it–and The names of the people who have to be informed of the decision, […]

WRAP Your Decisions

People are actually kinda bad at making good decisions. The book “Decisive” identifies the 4 villains of decision making as well as 4 steps for improving the process. These 4 steps are known as the WRAP process. This morning, our administrative team participated in an exercise to help reinforce that process as part of our regular practice.

Decision-Making Posted on: August 2, 2013January 25, 2015

#19 Shipping and Wrapping

Reflecting on yesterday’s administrative retreat, my mind is full of good things. Shipping and wrapping is the first to come to mind. Shipping our ideas – Seth Godin has a booklet called “Ship It” designed to help launch your ideas. We all have ideas. Fear keeps us from taking action and implementing them. The goal is to lose the fear of failure and launch them. Learn from them. Wrapping our decisions – The Heath brothers new book “Decisive” was on our team’s summer reading list. The premise revolves around how truly bad we are, as human beings, at making the […]

Decision-Making / Inspiration / Reflective Practice Posted on: July 9, 2013October 24, 2015

I Became a Teacher Because…

I became a teacher because… 1. Growing up in my neighborhood, I was the oldest kid of “our gang.” I enjoyed being the leader. In contrast, in my own grade level, I was a late bloomer and one of the youngest which often meant I felt behind my peers. Comparing these two groups and my status in each one led me to enjoy leading and teaching others. 2. One of my first jobs as a swim coach helped me realize how much I enjoyed teaching others. Swimming was one thing I was really good at and it was fulfilling […]