by RB Fast | Apr 9, 2019 | Leadership Growth, Strategy & Planning, Teacher Mentorship
If you are a school leader, you’re in the thick of it right now. April feels like crazytown in school leadership. The end of the school year seems a million miles away and you are swimming in a sea of perpetual demands. It’s hard to even imagine next...
by RB Fast | Mar 26, 2019 | Leadership Growth, Nonprofits, School Advocacy
Courageous conversations have been surrounding me for months. Everywhere I turn, my life presents me with an opportunity to bear witness to or engage in a courageous conversation. These talks aren’t without pain. But when both parties are committed to...
by RB Fast | Jan 15, 2019 | Leadership Growth, Nonprofits, Strategy & Planning
Cutting up magazines is the first step in my annual goal setting and planning process. I know that may sound strange, but it’s always where I begin. Finding words and images that inspire me and collaging them into a vision for my year ensures that I avoid being too...
by RB Fast | Oct 14, 2018 | Leadership Growth, Nonprofits, Teacher Mentorship
Are you feeling a bit busy right now? There’s a lot to do, the weather is changing, the weeks are fast but the days are slow. In my 18 years of working in schools and nonprofits, whenever I see signs of burnout, I recommend a staff retreat. What are you seeing and...
by RB Fast | Jul 18, 2018 | Leadership Growth, Nonprofits
Setting up systems that make your organization operate more efficiently and ensure employee success is the job of a leader. When we discover new software or hear a clever idea for project management, we get excited about the possibilities. In my work as a...
by RB Fast | May 23, 2018 | Leadership Growth, Nonprofits
Connect on Facebook Share Powered by the Simple Social Press Recently a lot of the school leaders I work with have told me that they feel like they want to quit. Frankly, some of them should because their situations are untenable. For many people, the problem is more...
