It’s been a while since I’ve made the time to do any writing. There are a lot of contributing factors, but the biggest is ultimately I haven’t been making it a priority. I managed to have a good streak of continuous writing, but as I mentioned in an early post my interest waned, I started making excuses and found reasons not to, or reasons to put it off. This doesn’t mean I’ve had a revelation and will all of a sudden develop a new habit that will change my life, I think it means I am aware of what I am doing, I am aware of my choices and at the end of the day it is on me, it is a choice, my choice.
School has been going well, after a month I have managed to meet with almost all my colleagues, been in meetings, made decisions, support faculty, put out fires (maybe fueled a few), connected with people, had some good conversations and hopefully have started to build some relationships that will lead to trust. I have really enjoyed the conversations, more than I have in the past, it has been refreshing to have conversations without expectation of solving problems. Really, it has made a big difference in how I approach them.
Am I a leader yet, in title I suppose, in action I am getting there but have a lot of steps left to take. My next steps will be starting to put some pieces in place that can hopefully help, after that, well, that’s the question.
Learning to Lead 