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What's a job without people?
Even bean counters have managers, subordinates, fellow bean counters (colleagues!), and people they need to get along with in their bean-counting biz.
 • Mitch Center
How do adults learn?
I spent 4 days at guitar camp trying to figure it out. Here’s some of what I gathered.
 • Mitch Center
What ONE piece of advice would you give a new school leader?
Whether you are beginning your second year as a school leader, or you're returning for your 20th, what singular piece of advice would you give to…
 • Mitch Center
How can you bring whimsy to your work?
When we assume roles in leadership, we sometimes forget that life is richer with play, joy, humor, and the element of surprise.
 • Mitch Center
What's a boundary you need to set?
There's only one person that can help you set the boundaries you want and need. Hint: It's not me.
 • Mitch Center
What WON'T you do in 2025?
New Years Day - and even Quitter’s Day, the 2nd Friday of the New Year - have come and gone. Resolutions have been made and broken many times over by…
 • Mitch Center
What’s the structural fix?
Humans - and teams comprised of humans - often find themselves making the same mistakes over and over again. And again.
 • Mitch Center
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