Episode 304 – Is testing season taking over your school?

EPISODE 304Is testing season taking over your school?Big TakeawaysTest prep won’t replace real instruction.Your testing anxiety is contagious. If you’re panicked, you pass your anxiety on to your teachers and they pass it on to the kids.Your teachers don’t need another data meeting right now. Stop drowning them in numbers and start giving them strategies […]

Episode 303 – Overcoming the Spring Slump

EPISODE 303Overcoming Spring SlumpBig TakeawaysPushing harder doesn’t get your school back on track. Aligning your work with your vision does.The more you try to force teachers to stay engaged, the faster they check out.Schools don’t lose momentum in the spring—they lose focus. You don’t need more accountability meetings. You need to remove the work that’s pulling […]

Episode 302 – Who’s in Your Ear: How Your Tribe Shapes Your Trajectory

EPISODE 302Who’s in Your Ear: How Your Tribe Shapes Your TrajectoryBig TakeawaysYou are NOT crazy for believing in 100% success. But if you’re constantly surrounded by people who don’t believe, you’ll slowly start questioning if it’s possible, too.If you’re the only one in your circle thinking big, you need a new circle.Whether you realize it […]

Episode 301 – The Game-Changing Strategy No One’s Talking About –And why you need it now

EPISODE 301The Game-Changing Strategy No One’s Talking About –And why you need it nowBig TakeawaysLearning gaps aren’t random—they’re the result of misaligned expectations between grades.Teachers shouldn’t have to guess what’s most important to teach. The reason students struggle isn’t always inside the classroom. Sometimes it’s between the classrooms.When everything is a priority, nothing is. Curriculum overload is […]

Episode 300 – When the district derails your plans

EPISODE 300Keeping District Demand from Derailing Your ProgressBig TakeawaysStop waiting for others to believe in your 100% vision before you get started. Sometimes the only way to get others to believe that your 100% vision is possible is to show them.Not everyone will believe in your 100% vision. Pursue it anyway. Sometimes we forget that as […]

Episode 299 – Your staff may not be as aligned as you think

EPISODE 299Your staff may not be as aligned as you think—here’s how to spot itBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Initiative fatigue isn’t a workload problem—it’s an alignment problem. Leadership training taught us to manage misalignment instead of eliminating it.Why do we normalize “good enough” when we should be normalizing 100%.We’ve been trained to accept small […]

Episode 298 – You Don’t Have a Motivation Problem—You Have an Alignment Problem

EPISODE 298You Don’t Have a Motivation Problem—You Have an Alignment ProblemBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You don’t have a motivation problem—you have an alignment problem.Getting “buy-in” sounds great until you realize it puts all the pressure on you to convince, persuade, and chase people down. Builders don’t sell alignment. They build it.If your staff […]

Episode 297 – The problem with small wins

EPISODE 297The problem with small winsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Incremental growth may feel like progress but it’s actually keeping your school stuck in survival mode.Incremental growth isn’t progress—it’s a treadmill you can’t get off.Stop solving problems one at a time—start creating systems that solve them allIncremental thinking solves today’s problems; exponential thinking builds […]

Episode 296 – How to Handle Uncertainty

EPISODE 296How to Handle UncertaintyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Learning the skills of school administration is fairly straightforward. Managing the uncertainty that comes with the job is what makes the work so hard.When you sift every challenge you face through the Buildership Model, you can find certainty in the midst of chaos. Overwhelm is optional.Are […]

Episode 295 – What is Staff Alignment?

EPISODE 295What is Staff Alignment?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Most leadership strategies don’t build true commitment, they just create compliance.True staff alignment means that everyone on your staff is committed to doing the right work, the right way, for the right reasons. Are your leadership strategies creating commitment or conformity?You can have commitment or conformity […]