Episode 71 –People Hire for Skill and Fire for Will

EPISODE 71People Hire for Skill and Fire for WillBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Our typical hiring process is flawed. It helps us screen for skill, but it does little to help us screen for will.In order to hire someone who will be a good fit for your culture, you need to adjust your hiring […]

Episode 70 – What to do with “people problems”

EPISODE 70What to do with “people problems”Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It is really hard to try to change people. In fact, trying to solve your people problems by changing the people only leads to more frustration.Every process delivers the exact outcomes it was designed to deliver. That means that if you don’t like […]

Episode 69 – Structure Gives You Freedom

EPISODE 69​Structure Gives You FreedomBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It’s a bit of a paradox, but rather than being confining, the right structures can give you freedom.Putting the right structures in place can give you more time, more flexibility, and allow you to be more creative than you ever thought possible.If you’re overwhelmed, overworked, […]

Episode 68 – Never Waste A Crisis

EPISODE 68Never Waste A CrisisBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Crises are hard. But, they also present a unique opportunity to build something better — if you can recognize the opportunities.Bosses react to crisis. Leaders try to respond to crises. Builders transcend crises and Build.People are not just looking to you to get them through […]

Episode 67 – Nobody Likes to Be Changed But a Baby

EPISODE 67Nobody Likes to Be Changed But a BabyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Change is hard enough under regular circumstances, but during a crisis, resistance to change can be especially pronounced.People look to you to help them navigate change. So, it’s important that you select the right kind of changes to make, smooth the […]

Episode 66 – Unmotivated People Can’t Motivate Anybody

EPISODE 66Unmotivated People Can’t Motivate AnybodyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:During times of crisis, it’s easy to lose motivation as things become overwhelming. But, unmotivated people can’t motivate anybody. So, if you want to keep your team motivated, you must be intentional about how you talk about the crisis, or you could be unintentionally […]

Episode 65 – Be Stubborn on Your Vision, Flexible on the Details

EPISODE 65Be Stubborn on Your Vision, Flexible on the DetailsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You need not give up on your vision for students in times of crisis. In fact, it’s in times of crisis that you need to double-down on your vision in order to give everyone direction on how to navigate uncertain […]

Episode 64 – All Money Ain’t Good Money

EPISODE 64All Money Ain’t Good MoneyBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We are being asked to make decisions quickly in the face of a crisis, but “All money ain’t good money.”Every decision you make will have short-term trade offs and long-term consequences. If you don’t consider these, you may make a decision you will regret […]

Episode 63 – Anchor in the Outcome

EPISODE 63Anchor in the OutcomeBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We cannot control how things will go in the weeks ahead, but we can do something that will literally guarantee that the decisions we make now will not come back to haunt us when we enter the new normal.There is a growing divide between schools […]

Episode 62 – The Fish Rots from the Head

EPISODE 62The Fish Rots from the HeadBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Whenever you get frustrated with your staff, it’s important to look inward first. Usually, the state of your school is a reflection of the state of your own leadership.Builders take responsibility for their school culture and recognize that they exert a tremendous amount […]