When I awoke on June 20, 1995, the morning after the Board of Trustees appointed me the new CEO of Seine River School Division, two thoughts began to run through my mind. After the euphoria and congratulations of the night before, I looked into the mirror and said, “You accepted to do what?” 
The second thought that I had then and in the days, weeks, months and years to follow was the day after my appointment I suddenly did not get smarter!
While my intelligence quotient (IQ) stayed the same over night, I knew that my job description had changed dramatically and along with that came increased expectations and supervisory responsibility. What did I have to learn and how would I have to grow in order to meet those increased expectations?