Mayopoulos tells Fortune that the most
critical leadership lesson he learned from those difficult years was the importance of being calm and optimistic.
Heffernan, who became CEO in 2009, says the most
critical leadership lesson he has learned is the importance of communication with employees.
Not exact matches
Understanding that great intelligence comes from those closest to the battle, assuming your competitor can chose a dangerous course of action, knowing that supporting your product is as importance as designing it, realizing the vital importance of humble
leadership, and knowing superior technology alone is unlikely to win the day are the
critical business
lessons from the Battle of the Bulge.
As a natural
critical thinker, Patrick takes complex
leadership, management and entrepreneurial ideas and converts them into simple life
lessons for today and tomorrow's entrepreneurs.
«However, there's often a more
critical driver, such as their existing systems aren't working well enough, technology is too slow or failing during
lessons, infrastructure isn't supporting new apps and software, the cost of in - house IT support is too high or they've had a change of senior
leadership who has brought in new ideas.»
My Evergreen Education colleague John Watson, who led the research, has done a good job distilling several of the
lessons behind these schools» successes in a series of blog posts that chronicle the importance of
leadership in blended learning; the
critical role in - person teachers and mentors — not just monitors — play; the persistence district schools must have as they navigate the inevitable bumps on the road to implementing successfully blended learning; and the important role data plays.
Teacher leaders brought to their
leadership roles a thorough understanding of unit content; they knew which
lessons within a unit were most
critical, could identify and articulate the important concepts and skills each
lesson was intended to develop, and were able to suggest questions that teachers could use with students to highlight important concepts.
Identifying instructional
leadership as a high - need area, McCoy - Mitti began a twice - monthly, one - hour
lesson - tuning showcase in which teachers meet with the
leadership teams to look critically at
lessons to ensure that activities align with goals and include
critical thinking and multiple assessments.
Now midway through implementation, among the
lessons learned, the
leadership team at L.I.F.T. now knows that five years is an ambitious timeline, strategic communications are
critical, and the full
leadership team should have been hired for a planning year to improve implementation.