Room At The Top
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James K. Scott The lily pond painting above his conference table, for starters, represents the source of "the new spring" or, in Hawaiian, ka punahou. The voluminous hala tree that veils his office windows is the official school symbol. Even the photograph of former Red Sox baseball player Ted Williams is symbolic of something: Scott's sagacious leadership style.
"Punahou is full of great ideas and opportunities, so there could be a tendency to want to swing at everything and take lots of chances," says Scott. "But I've learned from what I call the Ted Williams school of management that the secret to good leadership is knowing which pitches to let go by." Not everything is steeped in symbolism. Skirting his koa conference table are four run-of-the-mill swivel office chairs and a lone rocking chair. "That's where I sit during meetings. There's no real symbolism to it, I just love it," says Scott. "I'd actually like to get rocking chairs around the whole table, so we're rocking while we're talking!"
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