Leadership Evolves Daily, Not in a Day
Recently I was in a conversation with a group of school leaders and they were sharing how expensive a professional development quote was for their staff.
I shared, well, If you think the price for training is expensive, just wait until you get the bill for incompetence.
This is a common problem in the field of education. Schools will not invest in their people. They succumb to the “position” trap.
They assume by having the position they don’t need more training. Or worse, they don’t have the position but once they do THEN they will sign up.
What they don’t realize is that leadership evolves daily, not just in a day. Not in an event.
Even if we are avid readers or listen to podcasts, read blogs and articles, this doesn’t mean we will be better leaders. It just means we are more informed.
We pour ourselves into work, family, mentoring co-workers, and are involved in community groups or activities.
Being involved with these things is good, but it doesn’t always lead to personal and professional growth.
It’s good intentions. But to grow we need intentional action!
When we continually pour into others without first developing ourselves, we eventually run out of things to give.
So, do you have a personal growth plan?
If you don’t, now is the perfect time.
I believe that it’s not experience that grows the leader, it’s a combination of two key principles and action.
A leader’s growth will come from two things:
1. Evaluating your experience
2. Taking action based on your evaluation
Every week I end with these questions three:
What went well?
What went wrong?
What role did I have in these problems and successes.
Then I write out the action steps I will take this week to move my experiences into evaluative improvement.
Try this for the next 30 days and I guarantee you will see a significant difference in your emotional and physical health while getting better results.
THIS will be the difference maker to your growth..I promise.
To your success,
Dr. Tom
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