May 18, 2021EVERYTHING I REALLY NEED TO LEARN I LEARNED FROM FAILINGLESSONS LEARNED FROM FALLING DOWN written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & Culture Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| When I was a child, I learned to walk by falling…a lot! I learned to hit a ball by missing it...a lot! And I learned to throw a ball by missing my target...a…Failure6 min readFailure6 min read
Apr 29, 2021CHANGING THE CULTURETHE CHALLENGE OF YOUR NEW BAND written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & Culture Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| Perhaps the greatest challenge of taking on a new job is having to determine the best approach to making changes in the learning culture. Even if you are taking on a well-established…Marching Band6 min readMarching Band6 min read
Apr 22, 2021PRINCIPAL TRAINING 101THE IMPORTANCE OF PROGRAM ADVOCACY WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & Culture Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| Teach long enough and you will undoubtedly have the opportunity to work with a number of different school Principals. Each will come with his or her own agenda, experience, and…Music Education5 min readMusic Education5 min read
Apr 15, 2021THE PROACTIVE REHEARSALWell isn’t that just common sense? written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & CulturE Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| We have all heard the phrase, “By failing to plan, we are planning to fail.” Nowhere is this statement more true than in band rooms across the country. It is an unquestionable…Rehearsal6 min readRehearsal6 min read
Apr 1, 2021EMBRACING FAILUREThe Value in Being Wrong written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & CulturE Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| They say that nothing breeds success like failure. Yet we all hate to fail. Society doesn’t reward defeat, and you are unlikely to find many failures documented in history…Failure5 min readFailure5 min read
Mar 30, 2021ESTABLISHING THE CULTURE YOU WANT (PART 1)Dealing With a Toxic Culture written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & CulturE Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| The toxic culture of your band is your fault. Let me say that again. The toxic culture of your band is YOUR fault! Oh, I don’t mean that you are the cause of…Toxic Culture6 min readToxic Culture6 min read
Mar 18, 2021IS THAT HILL REALLY WORTH DYING ON?ANSWER: LET YOUR VALUES BE YOUR GUIDE! written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & CulturE Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| The band is marching back to the school from the practice field when you hear an obscenity laced tirade coming from the percussion section. You turn and realize the young man…Confrontation5 min readConfrontation5 min read
Mar 16, 2021THE PEOPLE ARE PERISHING!WHY ACTIONABLE VISION IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY BAND PROGRAM written by Dr. John Franklin, Leadership Coach & Culture Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| I have a confession to make… I hate talking about vision. Don’t misread what I just said. I actually love vision. I embrace it. I do all I can to live it. I just…Vision9 min readVision9 min read
Mar 11, 2021The Goal is GROWTH!!!GETTING THE JOURNEY RIGHT written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & Cultural Strategist for ||:Leaders Creating:|| The goal for any band should be growth….everything else is just a consequence of how much or how little growth has occurred. But growth does not just happen….it must be intentional. …Music Education5 min readMusic Education5 min read
Mar 2, 2021RIGHT LEADERSHIP JOB…WRONG LEADERSHIP TOOLS!APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE BAND CLASSROOM written by Gary Rupert, Leadership Coach & Cultural Strategist ||:Leaders Creating:|| Have you ever begun a DIY project, only to quit in a fit of frustration because you had the skill, but you lacked the appropriate tools to complete it…Situational Leadership7 min readSituational Leadership7 min read
