Episode 137 – The Top 5 Lessons We Learned in 2021

EPISODE 137The Top 5 Lessons We Learned in 2021Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Builders take time to reflect on the past lessons and use those lessons to create a better future for themselves and their schools.Much of the conventional wisdom about how to achieve your school goals actually steers us in the wrong direction. […]

Episode 136 – Winter Rewind: How Builders Handle Pressure

EPISODE 136Winter Rewind: How 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 […]

Episode 135 – Are The Resources You Provide Teachers Helping or Hurting?

EPISODE 135Are The Resources You Provide Teachers Helping or Hurting?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Although our intentions are good, not every resource we give teachers is actually helping. In fact, many of the resources we offer create more stress, more frustration, and more overwhelm.If your resource only addresses a symptom and not the root […]

Episode 134 – How to get out of the weeds and do work that really matters

EPISODE 134How to Get Out of the Weeds and Do Work That Really MattersBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When you only work IN your school, you stay stuck in the weeds, putting out fires, and never have a chance to think strategically.While we know that it’s not enough to simply work IN your school, […]

Episode 133 – How To Spot and Eliminate Waste From Your Day

EPISODE 133How To Spot and Eliminate Waste From Your DayBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Every activity you do is either adding value, enabling value, or it’s waste.The reason many of us are feeling overwhelmed and frustrated right now is that we spend entirely too much of our days doing things that don’t add or […]

Episode 132 – Are You Playing Offense or Defense

EPISODE 132Are You Playing Offense or DefenseBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Most of us are not really playing to win. We are playing not to lose.The reason that we play defense instead of offense is that it is often easier to quantify what we have to lose than what we have to gain. That’s […]

Episode 131 – You are Amazing (no, really!)

EPISODE 131You are Amazing (no, really!)Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You are facing enormous pressure on all sides and you’re doing the best you can. Know that your efforts have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated.Just by choosing to see your work through the lens of a Builder sets you apart from your colleagues who […]

Episode 130 – You’re Cutting Yourself Short

EPISODE 130You’re Cutting Yourself ShortBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It’s just as hard to pursue a big goal as a small one.We sell ourselves short when we pursue small goals.If you think it will feel bad missing a big goal, how much worse will it feel missing a small one?When you pursue big goals, […]

Episode 129 – How We Unintentionally Create Resistance

EPISODE 129How We Unintentionally Create ResistanceBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:When we meet a challenge, we were taught to “add fuel” instead of reduce friction. Unfortunately, adding fuel actually can create more resistance.We underestimate the impact that a small point of friction can have on our ability to produce big results. The moment we […]

Episode 128 – What if it could be easier?

EPISODE 128What If It Could Be Easier?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:As educators, we’ve committed to work hard. But do we really have to work as hard as we are currently working? In most cases, the answer is no.We often feel uncomfortable with the idea of “easy” because we’ve bought into the belief that […]