Episode 159 – Our Annual Summer Reading List

EPISODE 159Our Annual Summer Reading ListBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When you are a Builder, you stay open to new ideas and use them to expand your own thinking and make what you are building better.Builders understand that in order to create what Timothy R. Clark calls “psychological safety” they need to ensure that […]

Episode 158 – How to deal with your Haters

EPISODE 158How to deal with your HatersBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When you are a Builder, you become a target because what you are building challenges some people’s status quo and makes their excuses about why it can’t be done irrelevant. As tempting as it is to fight back when someone attacks you, it’s important […]

Episode 157 – Are you focusing on the “means” more than the “ends?”

EPISODE 157Are you focusing on the “means” more than the “ends?”Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Sometimes we spend so much time and energy trying to solve a specific problem that we lose sight of our bigger vision and goals. Leaders chase solutions to the symptoms of their biggest challenges. Builders take time to understand the […]

Episode 156 – 6 Early Warning Signs You May Be Giving Up on Your Vision

EPISODE 1566 Early Warning Signs You May Be Giving Up on Your VisionBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Being a Builder is often lonely at first. You must be ready to step away from everyone else, move forward, and start building first. The more you keep building, the more others will join you. But if […]

Episode 155 – 5 Questions You Should Be Asking Before You Close the School Year

EPISODE 1555 Questions You Should Be Asking Before You Close the School YearBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Leaders focus on getting through the end of the year. Builders use the end of the year as an opportunity for serious reflection that helps them learn from the school year and use those insights to build […]

Episode 154 – Something better than a Climate Survey

EPISODE 154Something better than a Climate SurveyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Most climate surveys really don’t give you true insight into the climate and culture of your school. Both the way the questions are structured and the results are reported can actually blur what’s really going on in your school.Builders go beyond climate surveys […]

Episode 153 – Turning mundane moments into WOW moments (end of the year edition)

EPISODE 153Turning mundane moments into WOW moments (end of the year edition)Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:As a principal, you have the opportunity to take the ordinary, mundane end-of-the year activities and turn them into WOW moments that not only reignite the passion and commitment of your staff, but get them excited about returning […]

Episode 152 – Why you should be conducting Exit Interviews

EPISODE 152Why you should be conducting Exit InterviewsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:An Exit Interview is a powerful way to provide closure for you and for any teacher who is leaving.Exit Interviews can give you really meaningful feedback that you can’t get any other way. If you aren’t doing exit interviews, you are not only […]

Episode 151 – Is that a strategy or a coping mechanism?

EPISODE 151Is that a strategy or a coping mechanism?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Most of the strategies we learned in our leadership training teach us how to cope with problems rather than eliminate them.  If your strategy simply deals with a challenge but doesn’t overcome it, it isn’t a strategy at all. It’s a […]

Episode 150 – Using the School Hierarchy of Needs to Solve Real-World Problems

EPISODE 150Using the School Hierarchy of Needs to Solve Real-World ProblemsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:There isn’t a challenge you face that cannot be solved by Purpose, People, Pathway, and Plan. Once you understand the School Hierarchy of Needs, you can quickly get to the root cause of ANY challenge you face and solve that […]