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In the book, The Soul of Leadership (which makes the case that everyone can be a leader), author Deepak Chopra provides questions to ask ourselves to assess our ability to provide positive leadership. Can we…

• "Think clearly and concisely?
• Weed out prejudices and personal biases?
• Examine assumptions to make sure they aren’t secondhand or unproved?
• Explore every thought in depth?
• Pay attention to subtle impulses, focusing on them until they expand and unfold?
• See each thought without judging or dismissing it prematurely?
• Walk around and see your thought from several angles?
• Be sure you aren’t influenced too much by stress, emotion, or the heat of the moment?
• Be above the drama of the situation?"

And in the book, Art of Leadership: Cultivating an Early Childhood Curriculum, Margie Carter provides some questions for educational leaders (which is all of us) that are written as if a child in our program is asking us. Here is a sampling:

• "Do you appreciate and understand my interests and abilities and those of my family? Do you know me?
• Do you meet my daily needs with care and sensitive consideration: Can I trust you?
• Do you invite me to communicate and respond to my own particular efforts? Do you hear me?
• Do you engage my mind, offer challenges, extend my world? Do you let me fly?"

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