We are back at it this week, rested and ready (mostly). We’ve all got our work planned, interim metrics created, and professional development plans aligned. Great. Take a breath and let’s take about 3 minutes here to talk about the leadership work that will rarely show up on any dashboard this semester.
- Getting people on the same page.
- Helping people show up the next day.
- Smoothing rigid plans into workable ones.
- Creating conditions for collaboration, not just collegiality.
- Rallying people around ideas, not compliance.
This list wasn’t usually on my regular check in with my supervisor when I led a campus. Still, plenty of people benefited from the efforts. There were the teachers who stayed with us even after rough days (or weeks). There were the teams that trusted each other and leaned on each other in productive ways. There were the meetings didn’t fracture so the important work could continue in a positive environment.
There was momentum that didn’t stall.
And all of this came together to benefit the kids we got to work with every day.
The quiet truth about this kind of work in most systems is that it assumed but not celebrated. It’s expected but not measured. And strangely enough, it’s felt almost immediately when missing but it’s rarely mentioned when present.
I wasn’t imagining this and neither are you. Here’s the deal, you already know this quiet work counts. It keeps plans human and the work moving forward. Even though it doesn’t show up on a scorecard it lives in your daily decisions. And guess what, you’re absolutely allowed to keep doing it.
It’s noticed. Keep it up.
Learning to Leading Bridge 
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