Jim Jordan's 40 Things To Do After The Yearbook Is Done

31. STUDY A LEADERSHIP BOOK TOGETHER Find a book on leadership you think might be beneficial and read it as an editorial board. Call it your “Editorial Leadership Book Club.” In the spring of 2018, JEA chose Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know by Jill Geisler as their One Book project, and I know of one adviser in Texas who is reading this book with next year’s editorial board. There are hundreds of great leadership books you can choose from. As the adviser, read several throughout the year and pick your favorite to share with your leaders. Here are a few used and recommended by advisers around the country • Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service (A Disney Institute Book). The Disney Institute and Theodore Kinni • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Daniel Pink • Energy Bus: Ten Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy. Jon Gordon and Ken Blanchard • Fierce Conversations. Susan Scott • Inside The Magic Kingdom: Seven Keys to Disney’s Success. Jon Connellon • Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t. Simon Sinek • Strengths Finder 2.0. Tom Rath • The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Atul Gawande. • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Patrick Lencion • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference. Macolm Gladwell • The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Fred Rogers

• Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make. Hanz Finzel • Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know. Jill Geisler 32. EXPAND GRAPHIC PORTFOLIOS.

Every student on staff needs to be keeping a digital design portfolio, where they gather designs that inspire them. This portfolio can be kept on a PowerPoint, Google slides or Google docs, a personal private Pinterest page or something a little more complex, like Trello. This time in the spring should be used to expand that portfolio. Make time each week for staffers to show some of what they are finding and tell how and why it inspires them.

Photo by Kailee Johnson

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