Is everyone in your boat rowing in the same direction?Don't expect to arrive at the school of your dreams if everyone is paddling whichever way they want. You need to give them a compelling vision for how to get there together.Unfortunately, if you're like most principals, your current vision won't help you scale the impact you want to have on your students. But it's not your fault! You've been shown the wrong way to craft a meaningful vision, and that's all you know. Until...

"This [book] will become a desk reference for every school leader everywhere."- Mike Lubelfeld, Public School Superintendent, Author, and Student of LeadershipHave you ever wondered how some leaders make it look so easy?Stoic philosophy has been used for centuries by leaders and influential figures like Admiral James Stockdale, President Theodore Roosevelt, Author John Steinbeck, and CEO Arianna Huffington.And this wisdom is available to you...

Who taught you how to create a principal entry plan and start the school year off successfully?Odds are your experience is like so many other principals-nobody has provided a framework on how to create your perfect principal entry plan. Until now.Given the underwhelming support that most school leaders experience, it's kind of a miracle that schools run effectively at all. Without a solid 90-day principal entry plan something has to fill that void.U...

The secret behind limitless leadership impactLack of mentorship and coaching is a leading reason for leader attrition in education, but it doesn’t have to be this way. If it’s true that “Everyone wins when the leader gets better,” then your community is counting on you to prioritize your own professional growth – so that YOU get better.In Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader, Daniel Bauer – highly sought...

Combining personal narrative and ethnography, Identity, Development, and the Politics of the Past examines cultural change in a rural Ecuadorian fishing village where the community has worked to stake claim to an Indigenous identity in the face of economic, social, and political integration. By documenting how villagers have reconstructed their identity through the use of archaeology and political demarcation of territory, author Daniel Bauer shows that ethnicity is part of a comp...

**Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller!Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing.**That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25. She stared at a long list of logistics--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pit...

Featured on CBS and WBZ Radio, Evan Pellett is the keynote guest speaker on Nightside with Dan Rea. You may have heard Evan as the radio expert on interviewing across the United States.Cracking the Code to a Successful Interview is a groundbreaking new scientific, proactive, cutting-edge, hands-on, proven approach to job interviews by an award-winning, highly decorated recruiter. This REAPRICH eight-step interview method will give you a proactive way to take control of your intervi...

The first interview book from the What Color Is Your Parachute? career guru Richard Bolles.Interviews instill fear in many a job-hunter, but this empowering guide from legendary career expert Richard N. Bolles reveals that interviews are really just conversations to determine if the work—and workplace—is a great fit for both parties.For the first time, Bolles combines his decades of experience with the latest studies and job-market research to crea...

This book has swears. Any honest discussion of management today needs a few. And it’s just what you’d expect from the creators of the internet famous blog, The Co-pour.If you’re trying to lead a group of people today, the bad news is that it’s harder than ever. Your employees have impossible expectations of you, and your investors haven’t operated a business in over twenty years. The good news is that there’s hope. You can be the leader your people need, but you won’t get there wit...

Most new managers fail not because they're untalented but because the skills that earned the promotion are the wrong ones for leading a team.This practical, research-backed guide from a senior research scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership walks newly promoted supervisors through 6 essential mindset and skill shifts, from individual contributor to people leader. Backed by data and endorsed by Brené Brown and Adam Grant, it delivers honest, sometimes humor...

Take a crash course in one of today's most important business skills--organizational development!Change comes fast, and the most successful organizations are prepared to handle it before impact; they act, not react. How are they able to do this? With a solid grounding in organizational development.The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Organizational Development is a skill-building guide to one of the most important functions in business today. In no time, you'll be abl...

Manage your most important workplace relationship.Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips on:Understanding your manager's priorities and pressuresSetting a positive tone for the relationshipManaging expectations--and eg...