James A. Belasco has been in business for approximately forty years. Some of his businesses that he has ran include a bakery, a dry cleaning store, construction company and so on, and each business has ranged from a few hundred thousand to about five hundred million dollars. He was a professor for thirty years at Cornell University and then at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The last twenty years of his career he has been at San Diego State University. He loves teaching and challenging people to think about new ideas and questioning how things are.. Research gives him the opportunity to unravel the mystery of business and search systematically for answers. James worked hard and worried a lot about what he did for his businesses, he thought he had to have everything in order and had to be in charge of it all. But he soon wondered why he was so tired and his

Families, as well as staff, need to realize that they need to learn new ideas and figure out where to find the answers. Staff development is very important and allows your employees to learn and stay current with up to date techniques and ideas. I believe that this book is a great strength for businesses, schools, and the like. I feel that everyone needs a vision and all who work at that business should have some understanding of how the whole business works, from the custodians to the leader. When this occurs, I believe that the employees will work harder and will understand their co-workers jobs and feel that there is a reason to what they are doing. I also believe that all people, not only leaders, have great ideas and should be shared within the company. If all employees feel valued then they will work hard and to the best of their ability. As a principal, I want my employees to feel comfortable and come to me with all ideas from saving money, to making our school safer, and so on. I want to be a facilitator within my school. I don't want my employees to think I am in charge; I want my employees to feel like all of us are in charge with the same vision.

The message in the book, Flight of the Buffalo, is to update the old paradigm that the boss in charge of everything. The boss does not have to plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control all that is going on. Within this working environment I am talking about the leader being the head. This analogy is described as a person in charge (head buffalo) and all the employees (herd of buffalo) following him/her as they are told. But the authors want to substitute the buffalo analogy for the flock of geese. They describe the geese as everyone flying together and when the lead goose is tired he/she falls back and lets another goose lead. There is not a goose that is in charge the geese all work together for the benefit of the flock. The book gives many ideas on how to change your business style to fit into the 21st century of business. Jim and Ralph give many scenarios on how business has been conducted in the past and how it is changing for the future. All employees need to relay to the leader what is working and what needs to change so it works properly. The authors realize from their own experiences that it is hard to give up the power and let others think on their own and help their company. All parties within the business have to have the right frame of mind and the correct information presented to them, to run the business properly.

When I become principal, I am going to provide a staff development on this book so that my school will run like a flock of geese. I want them to know that I value them and their ideas and that we (the staff) are working together for the betterment of the students. Staff development is very important and allows your employees to learn and stay current with up to date techniques and ideas. I believe that this book is a great strength for businesses, schools, and the like. I feel that everyone needs a vision and all who work at that business should have some understanding of how the whole business works, from the custodian’s job to the principal’s position. When this occurs, I believe that the employees will work harder and will understand their co-workers jobs and feel that there is a reason to what they are doing. I know that people have great ideas and these ideas should be sh

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