The Power of Curiosity

Posted on December 9, 2025 Written by

Highly-effective principals can often transform challenges from a threat into an opportunity. One unique strategy is to use the power of curiosity. This has the potential to change a parent or teacher’s attitude by expressing a desire to learn instead of becoming argumentative.

As an FBI undercover agent for 24 years, LaRae Quy used this approach to defuse situations that were much more serious than the conflicts school principals face. As she points out, “It’s often not until someone asks us to explain a concept that we realize our limited understanding of it.”

Simply put, the effective use of this unique strategy has the potential to lead to reasonable conflict resolution.

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Authentic Leadership

Posted on July 8, 2025 Written by

This post offers a rather unique take on authentic leadership.

Former FBI agent, LaRae Quy, offers three powerful ways that authentic leadership can transform your interactions. He suggests that leaders are more authentic when they embrace their “dark side” and acknowledge their past. “Authentic leadership requires probing beneath the surface to confront past influences, cultivate self-awareness, and align actions with core values.”

As Quy points out, “The path to self-awareness includes taking responsibility for your actions and circumstances. It is believing that we can prevail in our current circumstances rather than believing that our circumstances will change.” 

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Avoiding Anxiety Traps

Posted on May 21, 2024 Written by

As leaders, we sometimes make ourselves unnecessarily anxious by focusing too much on negative thoughts that lead to “all or nothing” conclusions. We can also be prone to over-generalization of situations, which prevents us from seeing opportunities and solutions.

LaRae Quy spent over 20 years as an FBI undercover and counterintelligence agent, primarily exposing foreign spies and flipping them to work for America. She describes four common anxiety traps that can hobble our effectiveness, then shares specific strategies for dealing with them.

As the role of educational administrators becomes increasingly stressful, these helpful ideas may provide exactly the tool you need to survive.

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