As the beginning of the school year nears our thoughts move to ways to build and support strong, effective school teams. They are vital to having success with students. And a key to team development is having high emotional intelligence—learning to recognize and manage your own emotions and those of others.
Our role as leaders is to use that EQ to develop and model strong relationship-building skills within teams. That is task #1 in a school year–developing trust and rapport with school teams, individual members, and the leadership of them. That’s how leaders help develop, support, and sustain strong, effective teams.
Read more from Elena Aguilar’s blog this week. For me #5, #7, and #9 are most important…
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