1. I knew my teaching experience should count for management experience. Check out Steven DeMaio's post at the Harvard Business School website : Obama: Principal-In-Chief.
Relate it to your organization: Is the leadership in your organization supporting and developing you to do a better job meeting the needs of your customers? Is your leadership building your credibility or working around, possibly acting to keep their own risk lower?
I won't dwell on this, but if you read it, please forward it to your friends who don't appreciate the importance of school principals as leaders. I've been saying for awhile that principals need more leadership and management training before being handed the keys to the building.
2. Technology moves pretty quickly. Keep up with the ever-changing tech landscape and think about ways to use it for learning and organizational development.
3. Things won't always be this bad. Just the other night I saw how 7-11 is expanding, taking advantage of real estate that has become available. I'm wondering what kind of leaders they are preparing right now to handle that kind of growth?
How are you preparing leaders to handle your future growth and future challenges? When was the last time you checked out your leadership curriculum to make sure it was still relevant?
Enjoy these topics. Throw one on the table at your next meeting and see where the discussion goes. Let me know what you and your teams think.
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