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Episode 47: How I Led My School While Dealing With Grief
I am not an expert on grief.
I am not a therapist.
Everyone experiences grief and loss differently.
I am NOT going to tell you how YOU should lead your school while dealing with loss.
I am just going to share my...
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Episode 46: Leadership Lessons From Eastern Airlines Flight 401
The date was December 29, 1972.
It was shortly before midnight and it was a warm night in Miami. Family and friends waited inside the terminal for Eastern Airlines flight 401 out of JFK Airport in New York City.
The...
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Episode 45: The 4 “Soft Skills” That Can Ensure A Long Career As A Private School Leader
As we lead our schools, we face hundreds of unique challenges every day. To properly handle those challenges, we have to use our skills. We all have “hard skills” and “soft skills”.
Hard Skills: Budget creation,...
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Episode 44: 6 Strategies To Turn Your Parents Into “Raving Fans”
Earlier this year, Taylor Swift came to my city. Somehow, my 25 year old daughter was able to get tickets to the show. That’s when I started to understand a little bit more about Taylor Swift fans or “Swifties”.
Three...
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Episode 43: The Unexpected Power Of A Handwritten Note
I want you to use your imagination.
You are driving home from school and you are stopped at a red light. You are the car closest to the red light and you are watching the cars zip through the intersection in front of...
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Episode 42: Extreme Ownership (Leadership Lessons From A Navy SEAL)
In the spring of 2006, terrorists ruled the streets of Ramadi, Iraq.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Army soldiers, US Marines, Navy SEALs and friendly Iraqi soldiers moved quietly through the streets of Ramadi,...
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Episode 41: Watch For These 5 Red Flags When Enrolling New Students In August
The same thing happens every summer. As sure as there will be fireworks on the 4th of July, you can count on this happening about two weeks before the first day of school.
A parent calls your school and really wants...
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Episode 40: Use These 4 Strategies To Improve Your New Teacher Orientation
Goldilocks was hungry.
She smelled the porridge that the three bears had left behind. She lifted the latch. She walked over to the table, looked at the three bowls of porridge and then carefully sat down. We all know...
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Episode 39: Make Sure That Your Teachers Fill The "Narrative Void" Before Your Parents Do
I want you to use your imagination.
The QB of your favorite NFL team leaves the game, goes to the blue medical tent, he stands on the sideline for the rest of the game, but he doesn’t return. After the game, the QB...
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Episode 38: Do These 8 Things And You Will Be A More Authentic Leader
In July 2011, a man walked into the Tulsa, Oklahoma Convention Center carrying five glass cups.
PBS was there filming an episode of Antiques Roadshow. This man had bought these cups back in the 1970’s. He knew that...
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Episode 37: This ONE THING Will Make You A Happier And Better Compensated Leader
If you have ever watched an infomercial, you have probably heard a very specific phrase used again and again. As the energetic host tells you why you can’t live without a knife that can cut through a penny, they...
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Episode 36: If Nelson Mandela was your Head of School....
I love sports movies!
My favorite is Rocky 4, but I also love Miracle, Remember The Titans, Hoosiers, Field of Dreams, Tin Cup, Caddyshack and so many more. There is a sports movie that came out in 2009 that I think...
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