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Relationships Are the Heart of Leadership | Dr. Turney

28 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Dr. Kristilynn Turney stresses that effective school leadership requires leaders to model the same positive, relationship‑focused approach they expect teachers to use with their students. She argues that leaders cannot simply demand teachers build strong student connections without first establishing supportive, trust‑based relationships with the teachers themselves. The core message is a call for reciprocal, modeled relationship building within the school hierarchy.

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Relationships, relationships, relationships. As leaders, we stress that to teachers all the time. You have to build positive relationships with your students in order to get the impact that you want. Well, as leaders, we have to do the same with our teachers. We can't have that expectation that they build positive relationships with their students, and we as leaders are not modeling that and building positive relationships with our teachers. as well. So keep that in mind. Build positive relationships with your staff just as you expect your staff to build positive relationships with students.