Episode 54 – What got you here won’t get you there…

EPISODE 54What got you here won’t get you there…  Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The things that made you successful in your old position are not the same things that will make you successful in your new position. The reason that so many of us are exhausted and overwhelmed is that we never learned how […]

Episode 53 – Making Change Stick

EPISODE 53Making Change Stick Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:It’s one thing to institute a change and see some initial success; it’s quite another thing to actually embed that change into your culture. If you are not deliberate about embedding change in your culture, you will constantly be on the “Improvement Hamster Wheel.”  ​If you […]

Episode 52 – If you want everyone doing the right thing the right way, don’t skip this step.

EPISODE 52If You Want Everyone Doing The Right Thing The Right way, Don’t Skip This Step!Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The reason that so many initiatives fizzle out is that leaders go straight from announcing a new initiative to evaluating teachers and skip all the necessary steps in between. Builders know that if you […]

Episode 51 – How to get everyone off the sidelines and actively engaged in transformation

EPISODE 51How To Get Everyone Off The Sidelines And Actively Engaged In Transformation Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If you haven’t laid the foundation during the Excite, Explore, and Engage stages of the transformation process, then it will be difficult to get all of your teachers to meet the new expectations or make the changes […]

Episode 50 – You Asked, I Answered!

EPISODE 50You Asked, I Answered! Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If you really want to get ALL your teachers to implement a new district initiative with fidelity, there are 6 things you must do. If you have students who are struggling, there are some creative (and unconventional ways) to help them make huge gains in […]

Episode 49 – 3 Things You Must Do to Generate Momentum, Silence Critics, and Disarm Cynics

EPISODE 493 Things You Must Do to Generate Momentum, Silence Critics, and Disarm Cynics Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Training and resources alone are not enough to fully equip your teachers to act on your new initiative. You need to be intentional about how you plan your professional development if you want to ensure that […]

Episode 48 – How to Keep Objections From Derailing Your Next Initiative

EPISODE 48How to Keep Objections From Derailing Your Next Initiative Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If you let them, naysayers and objections can derail your new initiative before it has even had a chance. But, if you nip objections in the bud early, you can keep up your momentum and actually get even MORE buy […]

Episode 47 – How to Get Teachers Genuinely Excited About Your New Initiative

EPISODE 47How to Get Teachers Genuinely Excited About Your New Initiative  Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Of the six steps in the Transformation Cycle (Excite, Explore, Engage, Expect, Evaluate, Extend) the Excite stage is the most critical and the most neglected step. Assuming you’ve chosen a meaningful initiative, your next step is to introduce it in […]

Episode 46 – How to Avoid Initiative Fatigue

​EPISODE 46How to Avoid Initiative Fatigue Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Initiative fatigue is what happens when we feel pain, we look for a solution — ANY solution — to alleviate our pain and when it doesn’t work, we grab another one. The problem isn’t that we need a better solution, the problem is that […]

Episode 45 – Multiply Your Ability to Influence Teacher Behavior With This One Simple Tweak

​EPISODE 45Multiply Your Ability to Influence Teacher Behavior With This One Simple TweakBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss: We tend to focus on giving teachers good feedback in order to help them improve. But giving teachers meaningful feedback is only the first step. If you don’t follow up with teachers, all your great feedback will […]