In completing Clinical Practice 1, I found an interesting text called The Leadership Challenge that discusses similar decision making and core values addressed by McLaughlin (2015). The authors of The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner (2002) described the importance of values serving as “a guide to action…they inform our decision as to what to do and what not to do…and really understand why we meant it (p.41)”. They take it one step further and believe that effective leaders must clearly articulate their values and demonstrate their deep commitment by modeling the way. As I completed my Principal interview, he was able to articulate his core beliefs and “lead from what is believed (Kouzes & Posner, 2002)”. One of his core values shared in our interview was ensuring equity and fairness amongst our staff and students. We have seen many examples of his decision making process that have earned great respect and trust from our staff. References: Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2002). The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. McLaughlin, D. (2015). Insights: how expert principals make difficult decisions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.