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What I Wish I Knew My First Year As A Director

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hand and that’s where real leadership starts. words to what I was living: leadership isn’t
about knowing it all, it’s about growing
5. Growth Comes from Discomfort. Oh, the through it all. Every uncomfortable
discomfort of it all and let me tell you, it conversation, every tough situation, was an
doesn’t go away. Whether it was being called opportunity to get better, build confidence,
into a principal’s office to defend a decision and teach my team to do the same. So, if
I made or explaining a departmental mistake, you’re stepping into a new director role, PAINTING INC.
each moment was a punch in the gut and a push give yourself the same grace you give your
to grow at the same time. And through all of it, team. Embrace the discomfort, lean into the
I realized something huge: I was becoming the learning, and remember: the growth never
departmental leader I didn’t know I could be. stops and honestly, that’s what makes this COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS:
I was making tough calls, guiding my team, work so worth it.
and taking ownership even when my stomach
was doing backflips. Leadership courses and Angelica Ordaz can be reached at
AASBO breakout sessions helped me put aordaz1@yumaunion.org

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