Dear SAPA Members

I require the following by the end of today:

1.  Survey for Weekend Argus. How many of our SAPA co-ed schools have single sex classes.  We need this info by this mornng.  Please just respond with YES they don't want schools' names.

2.  Burning Issues for meeting with Penny.  I will need that by Tuesday latest as we need to send her an Agenda.

3.  TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO BOOK FOR NEXT WEEKS SAPA BRUNCH AT THE LAGOON BEACH HOTEL IN MILNERTON. (I need to confirm numbers by the end of today).
Cost is R160 per member  R280 per non member.  SAPA is once again subsidising the brunch.  Our guest speaker is Professor Wayne Derman.  Remember I cannot take any late bookings and no "walk ins" on the day will be allowed.  Please check the list of schools that have booked with me if you are coming and your school is not on the list please let me know asap.
Schools that have booked for the brunch:  Abbotts x2 / Barkley House Molteno Rd /  Bergvliet Primary / Camps Bay Primary x 2 / Camps Bay High x 2 / Gordon High / Greenfield Girls / Groote Schuur High School x 2 /  Grove Primary x3 / John Graham Primary / Kirstenhof Primary x2 / La Gratitude Pre-Primary / Llandudno Primary / Muizenburg Junior  / NHHS x2 / Macassar Primary /Oakhurst Girls / Pinelands North Primary / Rondebosch Boys Prep / Rustenburg Girls Junior x 2 / Rustenburg Girls High / Rhenish Girls High x 2 / Sans Souci Girls High / Simonstown High x 2 / St Josephs Marist College x3 / St Marys Primary / Sunlands Primary x 2 / Sweet Valley Primary / Turfhall Primary / Wynberg Boys High x 2 /  / Zandvliet High / 

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LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM STRAWBERRY PICKING (Steve Benjamin 1987)

*  LOOK FORWARD AND BACKWARD.  You need to know what has been completed and what remains to be picked in the strawberry field.  Leaders need to be forward looking and also be able to learn from the past, while maintaining their focus on the present.  All three "looks" are necessary.

*  STAND UP OCCASIONALLY AND STRETCH.  The strawberry picker must avoid exhaustion and draw encouragement from what has been achieved.  Leaders need the rejuvenation and inspiration that can come from standing back and reflecting from time to time.

*  BUGS AND SLUGS.  The strawberry crop can be ruined by forces in the environment, such as "bugs and slugs", and these must be guarded against. So, too, wise leaders are aware of the forces and factors that endanger success and need to be dealt with.  Good leaders have their feet on the ground and are realistic.

*  PICK THE BERRIES.  Talking about the work will not get the task done.  Bending down and picking is essential. Leaders need to be action-orientated.  Planning can be overdone.  Rather plan, do, learn from mistakes, and make improvements.

*  BE ALERT FOR MISSED BERRIES.  Be on the lookout for under-utilized human and material resources.  Be open to new ideas.

*  NO ONE IS PERFECT.  No Strawberry patch, no picker.  In the real world mistakes will always be made, but the good leader ensures that these are learned from and that they form the basis for progress.