I was officiating a post-season college basketball playoff game one afternoon. Before stepping onto the court we met with supervisors about the very contentious game that we were about to go into. As we were leaving the room, the supervisor called me back in. It was just him and I, and he looked me in…
Good morning friends. Meet Dr. Joe Famularo, the NYS 2-24 Superintendent of the Year! I was thrilled to have Dr. Joe on my podcast last year and was so super impressed. What an amazing leader and person! When we were done, I asked if he would be interested in continuing sharing his leadership by writing…
People say things on my education leadership podcast that just jump out of the earphones at me. It’s like everything stops and I only hear those words. It usually happens once or twice a show, and I like to call them “the magic moments.” The moments that contain sprinkles of incredible inspiration and motivation. It…
I am the outdoor Christmas lights guy in my family. My daughters and wife take care of decorating the inside of the house, but I’m on outside duty. Each year it seems that they want to start decorating earlier and earlier. We had an intense meeting this year and compromised that we could start on…
