by RB Fast | Aug 16, 2017 | Leadership Growth, School Advocacy
I had a blog post all set to go for this morning. It was about building a celebratory culture in your school. But right now, I just don’t feel like talking about celebration. You probably don’t either. This is a stream of consciousness blog post. It may be riddled...
by RB Fast | Aug 2, 2017 | Leadership Growth, Strategy & Planning
I bet you and your teachers have a lot of big ideas. Educators are creative people and problem solvers. I don’t know about you but I find new ideas and big visions to be exhilarating. However, they can quickly become overwhelming when we start trying to figure out how...
by RB Fast | Jul 26, 2017 | Leadership Growth, Strategy & Planning
My eyeballs burn and my eyelids feel heavy. There are 27 tabs open on my computer and I’m clicking mindlessly between them. I open a tab with a specific purpose, but immediately forget what I was going to do. It must be about 2:00 pm…time for the afternoon...
by RB Fast | Jul 19, 2017 | Leadership Growth, Parent Relationships, Teacher Mentorship
Big ideas are so exciting. Most leaders I know are ideas people. We love the fresh start full of possibility. We delight in the possible outcomes. Our minds roil as we immediately move into logistics, almost assuming it is a forgone deal. Not everyone is so apt to...
by RB Fast | Jun 14, 2017 | Leadership Growth, Strategy & Planning
School leadership often boils down into two activities: having conversations and project management. My experience as a school leader was certainly like this. There was always another conversation to be had, another task to complete, another big project or event to...
by RB Fast | Jun 7, 2017 | Leadership Growth, Teacher Mentorship
Humans are programmed for connection with others. We are built to find a way to belong to a group and reciprocate a sense of belonging in other people. We a lean, mean, loving machines! While we are built for connection, navigating relationships can be really tough....
I’m RB Fast and I’m a leadership coach and consultant.
I help Montessori school leaders move from putting out fires to leading with vision by establishing smart systems and using compassionate candor to connect with teachers and parents.
When I’m not supporting school leaders you can find me volunteering as an advocate for Montessori across Colorado and the US or cooking up the vegetables I just harvested from my garden.