by Sharlyn Lauby
Fascinating article about Leaders and Role Models –
http://www.hrbartender.com/2013/leadership-and-management/6-qualities-in-a-leadership-role-model/
Love the ending…….
Steve Jobs was a leader. Everyone has leadership ability. It’s how we use our leadership abilities that decides if we are a role model for others.
In a traditional paper intensive hiring practice, you may receive hundreds of applications and resumes for ONE job posting! I can remember after holding a day long Job Fair for a Call Center I would sit at my desk with the immense PILE of applications and began the ‘sorting process’. Anything we could think of as a way of saying NOPE – that one goes into the NO Pile!!
Are you sorting your employment applications into the ‘NO’ pile based on spelling errors, grammatical errors, or other mistakes?
Do you spend time reading the resumes only to find at the bottom of the page they don’t have the required experience of skills?
Are you reviewing resumes that are three pages long (or longer) and so full of ‘stuff’ that it makes you say “Get to the point already”?
Would you rather sort the applications on whether the applicant values honesty and integrity?
Or the person desires to be of service and support to others – who wants to be the Director of First Impressions?
Or even the person who is dependable, punctual and will fulfill the requirements of the job?
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By Pete Pillsbury
What’s the single most important decision educational administrators make? The answer, research tells us again and again, is the selection of a classroom teacher. The classroom teacher, without a doubt, is the most critical element in a student’s growth and academic achievement. Peel all the layers of administration and there would remain the core of the educational process—a teacher in a classroom with children. Think of teacher hiring as the leverage for moving the development of youth and their performance upward to new levels. The teacher is the lever, and the quality of the teacher will determine how much leverage our students get to positively affect their learning and growth. Thus, in my mind there is little doubt that teacher hiring is the most important action an educational leader takes. Continue reading