While Superintendent in the Portola Valley School District, I had the honor of being selected as one of Computer Using Educator's (CUE)...

Success isn't always based on skill, talent or experience. Sometimes it is simply based on opportunity. And often that opportunity came...

It is simply not possible to watch this video and not feel that a happy life is possible, likely because you'll find that whatever is...

Let's face it. We all get stuck. We're human. Challenges get us down. Criticism gets us down. Experiences with mistrust get us down too....

One of my tried and true videos for years - Derek Sivers' "How to Start a Movement." Need a great video for the start of the school year?...

Having recently viewed this ‘not so recent’ Ted Talk with Sheryl Sandberg, I realized the business world is not that different from that...

President Barack Obama recently launched a new initiative, a launch of "moonshot" to cure cancer. Leading the initiative will be Vice...

Leadership comes in many different forms. Sometimes it is in the corporate world. Sometimes it is in the classroom. And sometimes it is...

Let's face it. As a leader, sometimes it's hard to be positive 24/7. The work load, the challenges, the office politics, the dramatic...

At some point in each of our careers, we approach that fork in the road - stay in a position of comfort or take a risk, and then take...

We all have them in our organizations. The broken windows. The little niggling things that need to be addressed....but haven't. Maybe...

There is something to be said for not knowing everything. Because in not knowing comes knowing through learning. Only a wise person can...

"First impressions are everything." "First impressions never die." Yada, yada, yada. We've all heard the phrases and their nuances. We...

Ah yes....the norm of reciprocity. If you're nice to someone, they are likely to do the same to you. Also known as the rule of...

Thanks, Lady Gaga, for launching a campaign that many of us can get behind. A campaign we can relate to. Launched on Instagram over the...

Had a little free time this morning so I walked the girls to school. No, the picture isn't of me. But it is of another twin mom who...

Ever heard of management by walking around? This is a well-worn strategy used by teachers to monitor and mold student behavior in the...

Failure hits girls hard. Much harder than boys. Research backs up this premise. Ouch. As the mother of twin girls, this hits all too...

Chances are good that you're surrounded by others at work (and in life) who believe in your abilities, your leadership and the special...

I've learned over the years that working in public education is a passion. Too many have tried it and realized they really weren't in...