Sorry about the title. Not a very positive way to begin a blog about leadership. However, the truth is, not all leaders are created equally. Many of you reading this know that, especially if you have worked for one or two of those ineffective leaders. I guess they may not be totally ineffective, because through watching them we sometimes learn what not to do when we are in leadership positions.
When I was a young teacher I had a principal who came to the room every morning to say good morning to our class. It was a great way to begin our day. When he said good morning and asked how we were doing, we would answer that we were in our happy place. Ahh...the joys of working with elementary school students. Unfortunately, years later in my last year of teaching, before I was fortunate enough to become a principal I worked for a different kind of principal. One who was not so positive.
