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 […]
Continue readingEPISODE 83What’s Really Holding You BackBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Rarely do things outside of you prevent you from achieving your goals. What’s really holding you back is something over which you have complete and total control.Once you overcome these 3 things, achieving your goals is pretty straight forward. In fact, overcoming these 3 […]
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EPISODE 825 Tips for Engaging ParentsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It’s easy to get parental engagement wrong. But, it’s just as easy to get it right. The difference is that you must take time at the beginning to define the kind of relationship you want to have with parents and do the real work […]
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EPISODE 81Nobody Cares About Your WhyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We all understand how important it is to start with the why, but what we often get wrong is that we think it means to start with OUR why. Nobody cares about your why.Often, the thing driving teacher overwhelm and burn out is located […]
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EPISODE 80How to Protect Your ConfidenceBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Your confidence is one of your most valuable assets. You must be intentional about protecting it. The more confident you are, the more confident your staff will be. When you are calm and certain, it gives your staff a sense of calm and certainty […]
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EPISODE 79Are your teachers renters or owners?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:In times of stress and uncertainty, we look for ways to feel more in control. That often means that we attempt to regulate teachers’ work because we are afraid that if we don’t, students won’t have a consistently quality experience. But, whenever you […]
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EPISODE 78How to Handle Uncertainty #LikeABuilderBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The way things are going, we will need to become more comfortable with uncertainty. That doesn’t mean that we have to give into it entirely. There are still ways to provide an anchor for your teachers, students, and community in spite of these uncertain […]
Continue readingEPISODE 77Does feedback look different forremote teaching?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If your evaluation instrument or process must be revised every time there is a new crisis, then is it really serving you in the first place?Good teaching is good teaching, even in unusual or unprecedented circumstances.If you have a good feedback system, you […]
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