VOLUME VII – CHAPTER 2 EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE AND EXECUTE DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A CHAMPION PRINCIPAL? On the first day of joining duty, a Principal convened a staff meeting in the afternoon and his opening remark was:- “I have heard enough of your school. I have come to...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XXV THE FLIGHT UPSTAIRS OWN UP YOUR MISTAKE There is a Chinese saying- “ The longest journey starts with but a single step”. You took your first step in teaching when perhaps you were around 24. Now you are 35 and you have been...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XVIII STAFF FIRST AND STUDENT SECOND There may be causes where the individual’s ego tries to get ahead of the Institution, but your skill lies in getting these high performers to get in line with the Institutions objective and goals....
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XI DON’T LOOK THROUGH COLOURED GLASSES This type of double view – plain glass view and coloured glass view with regard to the staff will not do you good. One Principal used to praise a teacher for everything she did, because she was fair skinned...
GRATITUDE SRI MANI SUB-STAFF (RETD.), KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA COIMBATORE One who had a flair for out-of-box thinking and extraordinary creativity. He was of great value to the author during his Principalship (1973-77) ~~~~~ VOLUME VII - CHAPTER 1 GRASS ROOTS LEARN TO...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XXII A FUNCTION OF EXPERIENCE Make your school an “experience – centre. Café Coffee Day plans to open a coffee museum where one could actualise coffee experiences, preserve coffee history, displays hundreds of coffee percolation and...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XV HANDLING PEER PRESSURE With new opportunities coming up and new avenues cropping up and the race for survival, success has become much more intense. Your staff may be influenced positively or negatively by factors such as growth...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER VIII BECOME THE OLD SALT Your ascent to the top depends on whether you are building your school for innovation or just for efficiency. And whether you have the managerial skills to convert ideas into impact. Prof. Michael Jenson of Harvard Business...
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VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XXI WHAT TYPE OF PRINCIPAL DO YOU WANT TO BE – ORDINARY OR EXTRAORDINARY? The need of today is that “you should not spend your time in revisiting the glorious days of the past, put seize the opportunities that today presents” as the...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER XIII EGO - ELEVATION PROVIDE A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE Now we see many new high end Schools coming up under the nomenclature of International School. The mere prefix “International” will not make it international. The standards...
VOLUME VI – CHAPTER V DO YOU HAVE SELF-ESTEEM, SELF IMPORTANCE? Your moral values should be defined not by the place you work or the people you work with. A friend of the author had occupied high posts in the State and Centre. Once when he had to work with (“Under” in...