Episode 183 – Finding the Hidden Opportunities in Your School

EPISODE 183Finding the Hidden Opportunities in Your SchoolBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We need to spend more time building upon our successes than wallowing in our failures.We spend a lot of time studying what isn’t working in our schools when we should be spending more time learning from what IS working.If we understood what […]

Episode 182 – Stop Juggling

EPISODE 182Stop JugglingBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Feeling overwhelmed? What are the things you could stop doing tomorrow and nobody would even notice you’re no longer doing them?As educators, we’re really good at addition and terrible at subtraction. We add more and more to our plates and rarely ever remove those things that no […]

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 180 – How Builders are Defying the Odds

EPISODE 180How Builders are Defying the OddsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:While everyone else is preoccupied with the bad news in education, Builders are quietly defying the national narrative and building success stories in their school.Just because everyone else seems to be struggling doesn’t mean that you have to. When you are a Builder, […]

Episode 179 – Could your school survive without you?

EPISODE 179Could your school survive without you?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Leaders create a cult of personality around their leadership style. Builders build a legacy that will last long after they leave.If your school cannot survive without you at the helm, then when you finally leave, it will be worse off than it was […]

Episode 178 – Common pitfalls to avoid when crafting your vision

EPISODE 178Common pitfalls to avoid when crafting your visionBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If your vision statement sounds great, but no one can remember it, is it really moving the work of your school forward?When you create a vision statement by committee, you end up with a vision statement that everyone had a part […]

Episode 177 – Stop trying to “Improve” your school

EPISODE 177Stop trying to “Improve” your schoolBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The reason that so many school improvement efforts don’t work is that people are focused on improving a broken system rather than building a better one.School Improvement often means duct-taping together a system that is irredeemably broken. Buildership means building a better system […]

Episode 176 – Stop playing whack-a-mole

EPISODE 176Stop playing whack-a-moleBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It isn’t just about doing the right work; it’s about doing the right work at the right time. When it comes to seeing results from your work, timing is everything.Instead of trying to focus on all the things, Builders focus on the root cause and solve […]

Episode 175 – How to Fail #LikeABuilder

EPISODE 175How to Fail #LikeABuilderBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When you try to avoid failure, you actually make failing feel so much worse.Failure is inevitable. But HOW you fail can make all the difference between a devastating setback and an amazing victory next time.Never waste a failure. There are some lessons that can only […]

Episode 174 – Not everyone can be trusted with your vision

EPISODE 174Not everyone can be trusted with your visionBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your vision isn’t safe with everyone.Not everyone will get you. That’s okay. They are not your people. Go find people who do get you. Those are your people.Don’t waste time trying to defend your vision to those who are invested in […]