Accelerate Your Performance

Accountability in Closely Connected Communities

May 13, 2021 Studer Education Season 3 Episode 176
Accelerate Your Performance
Accountability in Closely Connected Communities
Show Notes

Leadership is a full-time job that requires relentless commitment. For leaders living in rural communities, there is an added challenge of everyone knowing you personally as well. Today, Randy Drost, Superintendent of Rice Lake Area School District joins Janet to share about leading in his hometown community, Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Listen as Randy and Janet discuss the connectedness, challenges and role school leaders play in rural communities.

This episode addresses questions, such as:

  • What are some of the bright spots of leadership in a rural community? 
  • How do you balance being a member of a community as well as a leader who has the responsibility for holding people accountable?
  • Why are school districts an important piece of rural communities?

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