Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day (Alice Morse Earle)

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Humans working in serene harmony together towards a common purpose is pretty rare in my experience.

I tend to have blinkers on most of the time (things happen around me all the time about which I'm blithefully unaware), but even at Macleans College I had some tetchy moments with a couple of staff.  

It can't always be smooth sailing, and it's never going to be perfect because when humans rub up against each other there are tensions.

I've come close to it a few times, and it's worth pursuing to an extent, but the emotional intelligence index is not consistently high within any school staff.

That said, a charismatic leader certainly helps.

Colin Prentice's leadership and strong moral compass at Macleans College is the main reason I felt a palpable feeling of esprit d'accor - a spirit of harmony, while I was there.  

As I said, it's pretty rare.