We’ve explored intentional leadership, collective leadership, and the conditions that help educators grow. Before they commit to a strategic plan, they decide whether they trust the leader asking them to commit. Those words shared with us a week after the conference are as powerful as the 10 words she spoke at the end of the conference. We suspect something else happens when people experience leadership in this way. Shields’ words have now made us wonder if we should consider using the sentence, “It is our job to be a blessing to you.”