EPISODE 270Summer Success Series Pt. 6: Work ON your school, not just in itBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Is the majority of the work you do maintaining your school or moving it?We need to dedicate and protect time each week to work ON our schools, not just in our schools. Writing emails, returning phone calls, […]
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EPISODE 269Summer Success Series Pt. 5: Fight for Your VisionBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your big vision will threaten someone else’s small plans.If your vision isn’t worth fighting for, it isn’t worth having.Your number one job as a principal is to promote and protect your vision. The best defense against accusations that your vision is […]
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EPISODE 268Summer Success Series Pt. 4: How to set and Uphold High Expectations of TeachersBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:High standards are not the same as high expectations. Your standards set the bar. Your Expectations are your belief about whether your teachers will reach the bar. The purpose of feedback is to help people see […]
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EPISODE 267Summer Success Series Pt. 3: Be Proactive instead of ReactiveBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Proactive = Preparing. Reactive = Repairing. Which way would you rather spend your time this school year?You already know the majority of the challenges you’re going to face this school year (hint: they are the same challenges you face […]
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EPISODE 266Summer Success Series Pt. 2: How to Get UnstuckBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Sometimes the reason you’re stuck is not because you don’t have the skills to get unstuck. The reason you’re stuck is because you refuse to use them.How many times have you had everything you needed to be successful, but been […]
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EPISODE 265Summer Success Series Pt. 1: The #1 Thing Standing Between You and SuccessBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We overestimate how much other people block our dreams and underestimate how much we self-sabotage.If you don’t believe in you, how can you expect anyone else to?We often talk ourselves out of success not because we […]
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EPISODE 264The ONE thing you must do at the end of the school yearBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If you never take time to learn lessons from the previous school year, you’ll make many of the same mistakes next school year.We don’t spend enough time examining what we need to STOP doing before we […]
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EPISODE 263The Annual Summer Reading ListBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:There are essentially two ways we can show up in any situation. We can either launch into self-protection (blame, avoidance, denial, rationalization, judgment) or we can regulate our emotions so that we can think and behave intentionally. (curtesy of Annie Hyman Pratt).“Teams are temporary. […]
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EPISODE 262The Ultimate Guide to Attracting, Interviewing, and Onboarding Your Next APBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:What is it about your school that would make someone WANT to work there?All too often, we work hard to recruit someone to work in our school and then abandon them once they’re hired.How you onboard someone to […]
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EPISODE 261Rewind: Student Focus GroupBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Being a Builder is not just about giving others feedback. Feedback for Builders is a two-way street. That’s why Builders are deliberate about collecting, analyzing, and reflecting on the feedback they get from others and they use this feedback to become better Builders.Student Focus Groups […]
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