Episode 181 – 6 Early Warning Signs of a Toxic School Culture

EPISODE 181Rewind: 6 Early Warning Signs of a Toxic School CultureBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:A toxic culture can completely derail any change efforts you want to make so it is really important to detect and deal with any sign of toxicity first, before you begin your change efforts. Otherwise, that toxic culture will […]

Episode 117 – Summer Rewind: How to Create School Core Values with Your Teachers Without Drama and Chaos

EPISODE 117Summer Rewind: How to Create School Core Values with Your Teachers Without Drama and ChaosBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You own your vision. You and your staff co-create your mission. Your staff owns your core values. In order for core values to work, everyone must have two things during their creation — a voice […]

Episode 44 – How to Create School Core Values with Your Teachers Without Drama and Chaos

EPISODE 44How to Create School Core Values with Your Teachers Without Drama and Chaos Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You own your vision. You and your staff co-create your mission. Your staff owns your core values. In order for core values to work, everyone must have two things during their creation — a voice and a […]

Episode 34 – ​How to Build a Strong Culture #LikeABuilder

​EPISODE 34​How to Build a Strong Culture #LikeABuilderBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Culture is a collection of organizational habits and the stories we tell ourselves about them. So if you want to change your culture, you need to change your stories and your habits.Whoever controls your narrative controls your culture. To regain control over […]

Episode 29 – How to Handle Teacher Complaints #LikeABuilder

​EPISODE 29How to Handle Teacher Complaints #LikeABuilder Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:A teacher complaint is an expression of their dissatisfaction with their jobs. But, just addressing the complaint without addressing the ROOT cause of the complaint will not completely solve the problem.It’s not that teachers are being ungrateful or hard to please; it’s that […]

Episode 28 – How Well Does Your Master Schedule Reflect Your Core Values, Mission, and Vision

​EPISODE 28How Well Does Your Master Schedule Reflect Your Core Values, Mission, and Vision Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your master schedule is one of the most powerful ways you have to realize your vision, live out your core values, and keep your school on mission.There are three mindset shifts (I call them “mindsteps”) […]

Episode 25 – How to Create a True Sense of Urgency

​EPISODE 25How to Create a True Sense of UrgencyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The 2 biggest threats to a true sense of urgency are complacency and false urgency.There are 3 things you can do to generate a true sense of urgency. 1) Make the data hard to ignore, 2) be visibly urgent yourself, and […]

Episode 17 – ​​​How To Create Wow Experiences For Your Students And Staff

​EPISODE 17​​​How To Create Wow Experiences For Your Students And StaffBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:​​​​“If we recognize how important natural defining moments are, we can shape them — make them more memorable and meaningful.”Wow experiences elevate the ordinary in a way that reinforces your core values and create moments of insight for your […]

Episode 10 – Four Battle-Tested Interview Questions to Help you Find and Hire Master Teachers

EPISODE 10Four Battle-Tested Interview Questions to Help you Find and Hire Master TeachersBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Most people hire for skill and fire for will. That means that you should be using your interview process not just to determine teacher skill; The more powerful way to use interview is to suss out teacher […]

Episode 9 – ​​What are Your School’s REAL Core Values?

EPISODE 9What are Your School’s REAL Core Values?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your Core Values are a largely under-used but powerful secret weapon to help you not only build trust with your teachers, parents, and students in a way that makes everyone immediately more accountable.Turning your Core Values into non-negotiables is a simple process, […]