Build Relationships Around Shared Beliefs with Tom Mahoney Transformative Principal 369

<p><a href="Http://twitter.com/Turk190">Tom Mahoney</a> currently serves as the Superintendent of Oregon Community Unit School District located in Northern Illinois.  As an educator, Tom has served as a secondary math teacher, coach, building administrator, and Assistant Superintendent. His experiences as a teacher, serving a diverse student population, continue to guide his advocacy for equity and whole child education in his administrative roles.</p> <ul> <li> Lead, Grow, Serve. “I take me with me wherever I go,” he says. “So if I’m not making me better, things aren’t going to get better.”</li> <li>Stephen Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.</li> <li>Leadership is a great opportunity to help others.</li> <li>My job on earth is not to find happiness but to serve others and that leads to happiness.</li> <li>How do we define priorities for the crises we face.</li> <li>People are constantly reactive.</li> <li>Constantly in crisis.</li> <li>First take care of yourself, don’t worry about the “urgent”.</li> <li>Invite that person out of that place.</li> <li>Nobody is staying in crisis because they want to be there. They just don’t know how to get out of it.</li> <li>Acknowledging that if you don’t take care of yourself, nobody else will do it.</li> <li>Build relationships around shared beliefs.</li> <li>Are you open to…</li> <li>Invite, then be ready to solve the problem.</li> <li>Self-care</li> <li>The Helper - put the person who always says yes to be part of that.</li> <li>Disgruntled - things never go well.</li> <li>I was the only common denominator in every situation</li> <li>I take me with me wherever I go.</li> <li>People who feel guilty for saying no.</li> <li>Help them build boundaries.</li> <li>I thought interest in topics were innate. Didn’t know you could choose curiosity.</li> <li>Couldn’t read, couldn’t sit still.</li> <li>They invested in me, and held me accountable to a higher standard.</li> <li>I realized that learning was a choice.</li> <li>Things I was afraid of, I became excited about.</li>