One reason I will not miss Mr Mack. He always seemed emotionally unaware. (ie low emotional intelligence) This does not mean he isn't smart and capable. It just mean he has a very low capability for empathy and understanding. Anyone have comments that differ from this author ?
Sun Sailor - Still Stings
This one raises the question of what do 2000+ RAS employees do when there are only 12,000+ students ? There probably is a good answer, however it is not intuitively obvious.
281 Exposed - You do the math
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I'd agree with you on Stan Mack having a low EQ. We experienced that first hand at PLE. I think a couple of the board members have become more sensitive to that as a result, trying to smooth things over. He's also very linear in his thinking, which can make communication a challenge.
That "you do the math" post does give you pause. Agree with you, probably is a good answer, but not intuitive.
For whatever it's worth, and this is a slightly different point, but one issue to be reckoned with in working with Stan Mack, at least from my personal experience and perspective, is that he is very emotional. That's something I like and respect about him, but that doesn't necessarily make him the best person to deal with situations where emotions are running high.
Being emotional and not reading emotions well can definitiely lead to escalation / fireworks and hurt feelings...
As for the number of RAS employees, someone reminded me it should be pretty easy to benchmark against other districts. It won't show that RAS has the right number, however it would indicate if the number is comparable.
"Being emotional and not reading emotions well can definitiely lead to escalation / fireworks and hurt feelings."
I think emotions were already running high, and that being the case, there were lots of ways to go wrong, and not that many ways to go right. I am sure Stan and others could have done a better job handling this situation, but then you could say that about any group of 281 employees and their handling of any situation. Perfection is hard to come by in the education business.
Whatever level of sympathy was expressed, the outcome was what people really cared about and the outcome wasn't going to change.
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