The tone of this article is inconsistent regarding the Kish's leadership style. Are we supposed to think the Kish is cool, or the Kish is cruel? 

Kishimoto said her leadership style can make some people uncomfortable.

“I will always lead boldly. I’m mostly fearless, and you have to be when you want to make changes that are going to matter to kids in public education,” she said. “You’ve got to have a little bit of a Teflon back to be in this role, because it isn’t always going to be pretty. At the same time, the work is amazing and extremely meaningful.”

“I like to empower leaders at various levels to really innovate, so I’m excited that there is this mindset around doing the work that way, but now we need to figure out what that looks like,” Ki­shimoto said, “because when we talk about innovation and empowerment, until it’s really well defined … it’s a vision statement.”