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"Teams are never created in your image but can be managed effectively if you can leverage your values. Your leadership style instills quality or failure." Values-based leadership and management to fix a broken team or prevent it from breaking in the first place.

According to new research, humble leaders with the courage to be vulnerable create exceptionally decisive organizations. Don't know where to start? Try addressing your fear and ego.

Do You Give Employees a Reason to Feel Proud of What They Do? Why building up a work force's pride rather than their bank account may be more important. 

Blake Lazur says 'fake it till you make it' is not a sustainable adage for leadership. Understanding yourself is the first step in becoming an authentic leader. Here's a guideline on how leaders develop their authenticity

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Tether, Task and Timeline: Think and Lead Like an Astronaut. Three practical lessons about project management learned from astronaut Scott Kelly's career in outer space.

In honor of U.S. National STEM Day, here's a great article from NASSP about how your school can better engage female students in STEM.

Denisa R. Superville from Education Week offers a Principal's guide to coaching teachers with "8 Ways to Make Teacher Evaluations Meaningful and Low Stress."

A look at how coaching—a form of professional development known to be effective for teachers—benefits principals and other instructional leaders

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When hiring for a school leadership position, shouldn't we be assessing candidates on what they can DO (ability), not on what they HAVE (experience)? Skip Graham makes a case. Something to consider when you post to AAIE: "The Leadership List."

Makerspaces provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent. Kristilyn Oda shares her first experience with this new way to fuel student-led design.

From mini whiteboards to football (soccer) questioning, Michael De Main offers 5 intriguing techniques on how to question students in the classroom.

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Embracing data, facilitating small-group learning, and really listening to students...Learn how an elementary school principal makes student achievement a top priority by involving teachers and students in the process. 

There is a misconception about introverts, especially when it comes to leadership. Alison Rushworth debunks the myth and offers strategies for being a successful introverted leader

Nicholas Cole says that self-reflection is the key to all personal development, and that development can happen at any time; all you have to do is ask yourself the right questions

Learn how to become a powerful learner by more intentionally linking your memory and knowledge together through narrative. David Handel takes you on a journey into metacognition in How To Read Academic Content Once and Remember it Forever. 

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"Competency-Based Learning in Action: How Do You Promote Student Agency?" An intriguing new post on Global Online Academy's Insights blog by Sara Tahir and her interview with Heather Hersey.

Taking social-emotional learning from concept to implementation can be challenging. Take a look at how one institution is using the RULER school-wide approach to developing emotional Intelligence.

As parents and teachers, we do just about everything we can to make sure that children don't struggle. It turns out we are making a terrible mistake. "Why Struggle is Essential for the Brain – and Our Lives."

Expert leadership coach Gillian Davis offers some tips to create a culture of cooperation and productivity in "There's No Playbook for People: 5 Tips for Leadership and Team-Building."