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Episode 148: Navigating "The Age Of Outrage" With The Parents At Your School
Is it just me or does it seem like more people are getting more angry, more quickly?
I am seeing people go from 0-100 in 2.2 seconds over things that didn’t used to be that big of a deal, like:
An overcooked steak at...
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Episode 147: Your Most Underrated Leadership Trait And How To Build It
If you have listened to even one episode of this podcast, you know that I really like to talk about a few leadership traits that are super important for you to be successful as a private school leader....
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Episode 146: Leadership Lessons From A Professional Juggler
About 3 years ago, the 5th grade boys at my school were obsessed with juggling. I don’t know how it started, but about half of them were juggling all the time, especially at recess. I remember thinking: “That looks...
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Episode 145: Trustworthy Leaders Say These 4 Things
A 2016 Harvard Business Review study found that 58% of employees reported they would trust a stranger more than their own boss.Â
Yikes!
Just let that sink in for a minute. More than half of American employees say that...
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Episode 144: The 6 Keys To Significantly Improving The Culture At Your School (Part 2)
I would like to ask you three questions:
Are you 100% satisfied with the culture at your school?
Can you envision the culture that you want?
Do you know how to make your vision a reality?
As private school leaders,...
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Episode 143: The 6 Keys To Significantly Improving The Culture At Your School (Part 1)
I want you to use your imagination. You and two colleagues from your school are going to an educational conference in another city. You decide to go a day early and visit two private schools in that area.
In the...
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Episode 142: 5 Ways To Improve Your Teacher In-Service Days
At my local Walmart, the same thing happens every year, during the week after the 4th of July. They start putting out all of the “Back To School” items in their seasonal section.Â
Just a week before, this section was...
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Episode 141: Use "The Focus Funnel” To Increase Your Productivity
I want you to use your imagination. Pretend you are at school. For the entire morning, you are wearing glasses that make everything very blurry.Â
Around noon, someone hands you glasses with a perfect prescription and...
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Episode 140: Leadership Lessons From Your Windshield And Your Rearview Mirror
When I was a little kid, I was obsessed with the Indy 500.Â
Why? Well, my Grandma lived one hour south of Indianapolis and my great Uncle Harry actually helped build the engine for one of the race cars back in the...
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Episode 139 Prioritizing Problems: Elephants, Wolves and Termites
My daughter is a birdkeeper at the Jacksonville Zoo. She gets to work with some pretty amazing birds and do some really cool things. One day, a few months ago, I got a text from her along with three pictures of her...
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Episode 138: Bosses Make You Feel Anxious, Leaders Make You Feel Safe
I want you to think back to your first job.
Was it McDonald’s or another fast food place? Maybe it was as a cashier at a grocery store or babysitting or camp counselor or washing cars at a car dealership.
Now, I want...
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Episode 137: The Secret Struggle: Mental Health And Private School Leadership
In July of 2021, the summer Olympics were taking place in Tokyo, one year after being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. You may remember that Simone Biles withdrew from the gymnastics competition citing mental...
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