Today we're delving into school leadership with one of my favorite principals and leadership role models, Dr. Kwabena Mensah. He is currently serving as an Assistant Superintendent in the Houston Area, and extremely knowledgable about how to grow leaders. You will thoroughly enjoy this discussion!
We reference Brene Brown's work on this episode, you can learn more about her from her website:
The following books are referenced in the podcast, and you can find them at these amazon links:
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1599869772
The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni
We discuss personality assessments:
StrengthFinders by Clifton, you can learn more at the gallup website: https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/home/en-us/strengthsfinder
True Colors Assessment, you can learn more at their website: https://truecolorsintl.com/the-four-color-personalities/
He is the president of the Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators, you can learn about this organization at their website: https://www.haabse.org/
He is also a leader within the Texas chapter of this organization. You can find out more about them at their website:
He will be presenting at the TAABSE conference in Dallas as well as the national conference in February 2020.
You can follow him using his twitter handle @drkwabena
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