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When Bosses Overreact: Coaching Shirley Sherrod
Resigning your job under fire doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve done anything wrong.
Just ask Shirley Sherrod.
Sherrod, the former Georgia director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), was in her car when her phone rang. It was a deputy undersecretary of the agency calling with orders from ... Read More
August 2, 2010 | Mark Joyella | No Comments »
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Coaching Teachers at Troubled Schools Without Playing the Blame Game
In coaching—as in comedy—it’s often all about the timing.
As the recent decision to fire the entire staff at an underperforming high school in Rhode Island has sparked a fiery debate over how best to improve failing schools, IAC president Bob Tschannen-Moran is releasing a new book and training method focused on ... Read More
March 8, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 3 Comments »
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