Communication

You cannot be strategic if you do not allow time to think. This article suggests five things school leaders can do to ensure staff and the school board are thinking strategically

When people around you are overstepping your boundaries and making your life stressed and unbearable, you have to speak up. The conversations may be difficult but having them is the only way to resolve these situations. One thing is certain. The longer you delay, the more difficult the conversations will be.

Sometimes you have to step back from relationships with colleagues and take time to sort out communication problem before you can work effectively together. It means slowing down now so you can go faster in the future.

It is easy to talk when the topic is not sensitive, when the other person is not defensive and when you are not feeling threatened. The three ideas in this article will help you plan difficult conversations so you can step up to them with confidence.

Learn how to speak up about things that trouble you. If you do not, problems continue unresolved, communication suffers and as you become more stressed about the situation, the relationship deteriorates.