Episode 307 – How to Manage Your Boss When Your Boss Isn’t a Builder

EPISODE 307How to Manage Your Boss When Your Boss Isn’t a BuilderBig TakeawaysJust because your boss slapped your hand doesn’t mean you let go of your vision.Don’t shrink your vision to fit someone else’s comfort zone, even if that someone happens to be your boss. The same way you need to be intentional about building alignment […]

Episode 306 – What Your Master Schedule Says About You

EPISODE 306What Your Master Schedule Says About YouBig TakeawaysYou can say all you want that you believe in 100% success, but your master schedule will tell the real story.Your master schedule doesn’t follow your vision. It reveals it.Your vision can’t just live on your website.It has to live in your schedule.If your schedule doesn’t support […]

Episode 305 – The Power of the Right Mentor

EPISODE 305The Power of the Right MentorBig TakeawaysYou can’t build a 100% school with 0% support. Stop trying to do it alone.Coaches help you play the game. Mentors help you change it. If you’re always the smartest, strongest, or most stable person in the room, that’s not a flex—it’s a warning.Trying to do it all yourself […]

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 […]