Have you got the audacity?

L.E.A.P Part III:

This is taken, again, from Steve Farber's article on taking the LEAP to create a more productive culture.  Hope you Enjoy!

Inspire Audacity

Audacity is, “A bold and blatant disregard for normal constraints.” But audacity also has mixed connotations. Here’s the way Webster’s New World Thesaurus brakes it down:

audacity n. 1. [Courage] — Syn. daring, boldness, valor; see courage 2. [Impudence] — Syn. impertinence, temerity, brazenness, insolence

Love-inspired audacity is courageous, not impudent. (Literally-the word, courage, has at its root the word, cor, which means heart). The Extreme Leader, then, is courageously audacious in his or her actions and approach.

Carly Fiorina, the controversial former CEO of Hewlett Packard said, “A leader’s greatest obligation is to make possible an environment … where people can aspire to change the world.” That’s an audacious statement of purpose for any leader, and it’s exactly the question that I pose here for the Extreme Leader: “How are you/we going to change the world?” Choose your scope: World (with a capital W) or world (with a small w). Can you make the connection between the work that you do and its potential impact on the entire World? Great. Be bold about it. Henry Ford said, “The horse will disappear from the highways.” Audacious. If you’re not going to change the World, then what about the world of your customers, your company, your co-workers?

Week of March 14-18, 2016

Monday, March 14

• Grade due at 8:00 AM
• Literacy PD K/1:10-11; 4th, 5th & 6th: 11-12; and 2nd/3rd: 12:15-1:15
• SIT Mtg at 3:30

Tuesday, March 15

• Awards Forms Due
• Progress Monitoring Red Students
• Arts PLC at 1:45
• Nigerian Presentation at 2:30 (All students seated in lobby by 2:30)

Wednesday, March 16

• Progress Monitoring Red Students
• Math Vertical PLCs K/1: 10-11; 4th, 5th & 6th: 11-12; and 2nd/3rd: 12:15-1:15
• Beginning Teacher Mtg in Falls Room at 3:40
• Whole School Mtg. with Angela Romanowski at 3:30 in cafe
• TCEA Lottery at 5PM

Thursday, March 17

• Fayetteville State Job Fair: Hill & Caine
• Early Release at 11:45
• Arts Integration Night K-2 6:00-7:00 and 3-6 7:30-8:30

Friday, March 18

• Early release at 11:45

Practices for Arts Integration Night

Monday 3/14: 1:45-2:45 PM

• Kindergarten: Nelson (1st half hour)
• 1st grade: Morrison
• 2nd grade: Payton
• 3rd grade: Nelson (2nd half hour)
• 4th grade: Gibson with Scriven; Mac with Kline
• 5th/6th grade: Brownlee

Wednesday 3/16: 1:45-2:45 PM

• Kindergarten: Scriven
• 1st grade: Nelson
• 2nd grade: Brownlee
• 3rd grade: Morrison/Payton
• 4th grade: off
• 5th/6th grade: Kline