EPISODE 93How to Keep District Mandates from Derailing Your PlansBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Bosses tend to react to new mandates. Such emotional responses keep you from proactively moving forward. Leaders respond to new mandates. While that’s better than reacting, it still puts you in a passive position and leaves every goal you pursue […]
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EPISODE 92How Builders Handle PressureBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Bosses tend to handle pressure by making declarations, even if they must later issue a retraction. Leaders handle pressure by trying to provide answers. But doing so is a trap that increases their stress and keeps them from ever truly solving problems.Builders deal with pressure […]
Continue readingEPISODE 91How To Handle StressBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Stressful events are inevitable but stress is not. You do not have to be a victim of stressful events. There is something you can do While self-care can offer a temporary respite to stress, the effects do not last. There is only one lasting […]
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EPISODE 90How Builders Achieve Their Visions in 3 Years or LessBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If you only focus on tactics, you will perpetually chase shiny objects and never achieve real traction towards your goals.Strategy is not enough. If your strategy is not contextualized in a larger vision, mission, and core values, you’ll stay […]
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EPISODE 89Vision 2021Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If your vision can be set aside in times of crisis, it isn’t powerful enough to pull you and your school through to achieve your goals.Your vision must have a built-in sense of urgency. You cannot manufacture it. Your vision must be so compelling that setting it […]
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EPISODE 87This One Question Changes EverythingBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your leadership story may feel true, but is it? What if you could rewrite your leadership story without changing anything about your circumstances?The stories we tell ourselves about our schools reflect whether we have a leadership perspective or a buildership perspective.Builders take full responsibility […]
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EPISODE 88“I Can’t Deal With That Right Now”Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When people are juggling a lot of problems, they give up in trying to solve them all and adopt tunnel vision. There is no long-term planning. They don’t think strategically. They don’t prioritize their issues. Instead, they just react to whatever problem […]
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EPISODE 865 Lies You’ve Been Taught About LeadershipBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The reason that leadership strategies often fail us is not because we aren’t executing them correctly. The reason they fail is is because they are based on a lie to begin withOnce you understand the lie behind many ineffective leadership practices, you […]
Continue readingEPISODE 85What’s Your School Brand?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your school brand can be summed up as what people are saying behind your back.You actually have 2 school brands — your internal brand and your external brand. Often we focus on our external brand but rarely are we intentional about building an internal brand […]
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EPISODE 84Success Is BoringBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It may seem as if the road to success is all about the latest and greatest new innovation, but as it turns out, success is much more boring.True success is really about doing the boring stuff consistently and pervasively.Instead of chasing the latest shiny objects, focus […]
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