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The Principal: Surviving & Thriving
- 125 Points of Wisdom, Practical Tips, and Relatable Stories for All School Principals
- Narrated by: Steve Berner
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
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Publisher's Summary
Take it and use it as your own! This audiobook is a compilation of my experiences as a school leader. Enjoy the stories, tips, and strategies to handle all that comes your way in your position of leadership. Survive and thrive and do the best you can for your students and staff!
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- Jackie Gill
- 03-06-20
Horrible
Absolutely awful and dull and the narrater fits right in! This “book” starts out by thanking people who helped him and gave him time to write his points. Idk how much time writing this could have taken, but the chapter to thank people went on and on, it was the entire first chapter. After this, he starts his pointers. To say this book includes stories and wisdom is really over selling. One of his tips was to wear comfortable shoes. Another was to dress up. Tips are weak and most are worthless. He comes across as a bit of a tool, I don’t think I’d like working under him, and the narrator was one of the worst I’ve ever heard. I’m exchanging this title, it should never have been published.