Each year since becoming a principal, I work with my school council to develop leadership qualities for our school. The council works together to determine how and if these qualities need to be revised and updated based on the current needs of the school, studnets, and staff. Altough these identified qualities should exemplify what the leader of the school should possess, they are used to find a replacement principal. This year, I have changed school and have most recently gone through this process. Therefore, I am very familiar in the idenfication and selection process that a principal has to have to be a highly effective leader. By taking the time to evaluate my own leadership style through self-assessments, I have gained a deeper understanding
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At early age, Truett began to excerise his entrepreneurial skills by selling soft drinks to his peers at age 8, then later signing customers up for the The Atlanta Journal newspaper. Truett was drafted after high school graduation and served for 6 years until honoraly discharged. Upon his return to Atlanta in 1946, Truett and his brother pooled their money and opened a restaruatn, the Dwarf Grill—later known as the Dwarf House. It took more than 20 years for the first Chick-fil-A to open in an Atlanta mall in 1967. At time of Truett Cathy’s death in 2014, Chick-fil-A had more than 1,800 restaurants in 40 states (plus the District of …show more content…
Based on these principles, all of Chick-fil-A’s restaurants operate with a “Closed-on-Sunday” policy, without exception.
Handicaps overcome
While Cathy’s 2012 comments in opposition to homosexual marriage created outrage within the LGBT community and prompted a boycott of the privately held Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, the restaurant owner was known for so much more. Dan Cathy, the president of the very popular fast food chain, said, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit." That comment started a firestorm.
Notable quote or statement It’s My Pleasure explains that creating an intentional, compelling culture begins with understanding the company’s purpose. Why does the company exist? What motivates it? From the start, Truett Cathy based his company on Biblical principles, and operated in a “servant leadership” style long before it was called that. The religious influence is explicit in the company’s purpose, “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with
At early age, Truett began to excerise his entrepreneurial skills by selling soft drinks to his peers at age 8, then later signing customers up for the The Atlanta Journal newspaper. Truett was drafted after high school graduation and served for 6 years until honoraly discharged. Upon his return to Atlanta in 1946, Truett and his brother pooled their money and opened a restaruatn, the Dwarf Grill—later known as the Dwarf House. It took more than 20 years for the first Chick-fil-A to open in an Atlanta mall in 1967. At time of Truett Cathy’s death in 2014, Chick-fil-A had more than 1,800 restaurants in 40 states (plus the District of …show more content…
Based on these principles, all of Chick-fil-A’s restaurants operate with a “Closed-on-Sunday” policy, without exception.
Handicaps overcome
While Cathy’s 2012 comments in opposition to homosexual marriage created outrage within the LGBT community and prompted a boycott of the privately held Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, the restaurant owner was known for so much more. Dan Cathy, the president of the very popular fast food chain, said, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit." That comment started a firestorm.
Notable quote or statement It’s My Pleasure explains that creating an intentional, compelling culture begins with understanding the company’s purpose. Why does the company exist? What motivates it? From the start, Truett Cathy based his company on Biblical principles, and operated in a “servant leadership” style long before it was called that. The religious influence is explicit in the company’s purpose, “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with