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Episode 152: Private School Leadership Does NOT Have To Be Death By 10,000 Paper Cuts
Just a heads up that the next few sentences are going to be gross.
We have all heard the phrase, “death by 1,000 cuts.” This phrase actually comes from an ancient Chinese form of execution called Lingchi, which...
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Episode 151: 5 Strategies To Overcome Feelings Of Loneliness And Isolation
Has this ever happened to you?
You are at school or at an event and you are surrounded by parents, teachers and students. You are surrounded by hundreds of people, but you feel totally isolated and profoundly alone.
I...
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Episode 150: "So, are you saying that you have no idea where my child is right now?"
12 years ago, Leo’s mom asked me a question. To this day, her words still send a chill down my spine.Â
"So, are you saying that you have no idea where my child is right now?"
And I had to say, “That’s correct.”
It was...
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Episode 149: Are Your Boundaries Written In Pencil Or Sharpie?
On May 21, 2018, 19 year old Cedella Roman, a French citizen, was visiting her mother in White Rock, British Columbia. Cedella decided to go for a run on the beach and she headed south.
After running for about 30...
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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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