Episode 331 – Rewind: How to Avoid the October Drift

EPISODE 331Rewind: How to Avoid the October DriftBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If the work you are doing now is not moving your school closer to your 100% vision, not in alignment with your mission, and violating your core values, why are you doing it???Do your systems make your work easier and more effective? […]

Episode 330 – The Hidden Feedback Loop Running Your School

EPISODE 330The Hidden Feedback Loop Running Your SchoolBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When Teachers Ignore Your Feedback, That Is Feedback.Defiance is data.Every time you defend yourself against feedback, you’re teaching your teachers to defend themselves against yours.If you’re ignoring what your results are telling you, you’re ignoring the most honest feedback you’ll ever get.If […]

Episode 329 – The Feedback Habits That Hurt (And the Myths That Made Them Seem Like a Good Idea)

EPISODE 329The Feedback Habits That Hurt (And the Myths That Made Them Seem Like a Good Idea)Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The ‘get into 10 classrooms a week’ rule has you chasing visibility over impact.Feedback that gets implemented is more important than feedback that gets documented.Asking vague questions like “What do you think went […]

Episode 328 – Why Some Teachers Ignore Your Feedback (even when you’re right)

EPISODE 328Why Some Teachers Ignore Your Feedback (even when you’re right)Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We don’t talk enough about the power imbalance in most feedback conversations with teachers.  If we expect teachers to differentiate for students, why is it that we don’t differentiate our feedback to teachers?Most feedback conversations treat teachers like problems […]

Episode 327 – Start the Year Aligned: How to Bring a Fractured Staff Together Fast

EPISODE 327Start the Year Aligned: How to Bring a Fractured Staff Together FastBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If your vision only shows up during back-to-school PD, it’s not a vision. It’s a slogan.The fastest way to lose a staff is to ask them to commit to goals they didn’t help shape and don’t actually […]

Episode 326 – The Secret to an Amazing School Year

EPISODE 326The Secret to an Amazing School YearBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You don’t need to get better at follow-through. You need to get clearer on what matters.The reason you keep slipping into old habits isn’t lack of willpower—it’s lack of alignment.When your team doesn’t know what they’re building, they default to what’s familiar.If […]

Episode 325 – The Secret to an Amazing School Year

EPISODE 325The Secret to an Amazing School YearBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The secret to a successful school year is F.O.C.U.S. – Follow One Course Until Successful.Many of us are trying to lead by doing all the things. But that isn’t leading. That’s experimenting on kids and hoping something works. If you are really […]

Episode 324 – You don’t have to do it alone

EPISODE 324What If You’re Doing the Right Work but the Wrong Way?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The chores of leadership are seductive because they feel familiar, safe, and socially acceptable. You’re praised for doing them even though they’re not changing your school.The real risk isn’t that you’ll burn out. The real risk is that […]

Episode 323 – You don’t have to do it alone

EPISODE 323You don’t have to do it aloneBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Most principals aren’t just tired. They’re isolated.Being a principal is only lonely if you haven’t invested in building other Builders.We’ve normalized martyrdom and called it “leadership.” You can’t protect your vision in a culture designed to dilute it. That’s why Builders stop […]

Episode 322 – Stop Chasing Compliance. Start Building Alignment

EPISODE 322Stop Chasing Compliance. Start Building AlignmentBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If you don’t build alignment on purpose, the best you can hope for is compliance (and even that will wear out by the end of September)Chasing compliance means that the work will always be on you. Building alignment means that everyone owns the […]