Episode 251 – Quarterly Planning

EPISODE 251Quarterly PlanningBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Goals without a solid plan to achieve them are merely wishes.Everyone has big goals but not everyone is willing to take the actions they need to take to achieve them.If your plans simply address problems but do not eliminate them, then your plans are a waste of […]

Episode 250 – How to Upgrade Your Systems

EPISODE 250How to Upgrade Your SystemsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:We always say we need systems, but you already have systems in place — they’re just bad systems.Most “people problems” are really the result of bad systems.We act like in order to serve kids, we have to sacrifice the adults. What if we could […]

Episode 249 – How to take things off your plate

EPISODE 249How to take things off your plateBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:You’re doing waaay too much (but you knew that already)You already know what you need to do to achieve 100% success. You’re just too afraid to do it.There’s a difference between randomly taking things off teachers’ plates and strategically focusing on what […]

Episode 248 – How to make tough decisions

EPISODE 248How to make tough decisionsBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Many of us are afraid to do what we know we should be doing for our schools because we don’t feel that we have the support of our districts.When you sift every decision through your vision, mission, and core values you can be confident […]

Episode 247 – What problem are you trying to solve?

EPISODE 247What problem are you trying to solve?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Often we are so busy pushing this initiative or that program that we lose sight of the problem we were trying to solve in the first place.Builders are stubborn on the vision and flexible on the details. When we get into disputes with […]

Episode 246 – The elephant in the room

EPISODE 246The elephant in the roomBiggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Being a principal is hard — not so much because of the job duties, but because of the emotional weight every principal carries each day.One of the hardest parts about being a principal is that while everyone else has a clearly defined area of […]

Episode 245 – Yes, but

EPISODE 245Yes, but…Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:Holding people accountable is not the same as helping them be accountable. Holding people accountable relies on your chasing, checking, and correcting others. Helping people be accountable means empowering people to take responsibility on their own, even when you’re not checking. True staff alignment doesn’t mean conformity. True […]

Episode 244 – How to Build True Staff Alignment Part 2

EPISODE 244How to Build True Staff Alignment Part 2Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If YOU are the reason your teachers do the right thing, then the only person truly accountable is YOU.Chasing, checking, and correcting teachers is not only exhausting, it’s totally unnecessary when you have true staff alignment.You cannot create a fully aligned […]

Episode 243 – How to Build True Staff Alignment Part 1

EPISODE 243How to Build True Staff Alignment Part 1Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:The way that we were trained to give feedback to teachers creates a power imbalance that robs teachers of true ownership over their practice and their results.If your support for teachers doesn’t set them up to be successful without you, it’s […]

Episode 242 – Are you the bottleneck in your school?

EPISODE 242Are you the bottleneck in your school?Biggest Takeaways You Don’t Want to Miss:If your school can’t continue to grow without you, then YOU are the bottleneck in your school.When we treat teachers like renters rather than owners, we can’t get mad when they don’t take responsibility for their growth or their outcomes. If the “support” […]