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Episode 58: Your Leadership Kryptonite And How To Avoid It
I was never really a big fan of Superman. I was more of a Spiderman fan when I was a kid.
Of course, Spiderman was actually Peter Parker. A nerdy kid from Queens that was always studying for a test, was usually broke...
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Episode 57: How To Create More "Friction" Between You And Your Email Inbox
When I was a kid, I used to LOVE it when it snowed. Snow days, sledding, building a snowman. So much fun!
But, when I turned 16, my love affair with snow ended. That’s because I had to start driving in the white...
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Episode 56: Do This When You Feel Like Giving Up
It was a Wednesday morning and I couldn’t get out of bed.
I don’t mean that I was tired and didn’t FEEL like getting out of bed.
I mean that I couldn’t get out of bed.
I was overwhelmed and discouraged and felt a...
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Episode 55: What If Your Head Of School Was A Social Media Influencer?
OK, I’ll admit it.
This is one of the strangest episode titles that I have had on the podcast so far.
I know that a lot of us roll our eyes when we hear the term “social media influencer”, because we think that term...
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Episode 54: Would you hang out with people that talk to you the way that you talk to yourself?
Would you hang out with people that talk to you the way that you talk to yourself?
Stop and think about your self-talk.
How do you talk to yourself when you mess up at work?
How do you talk to yourself when you let...
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Episode 53: The 5 Most Powerful Leadership Lessons From Atomic Habits
Over the last 32 years, I’ve read a lot of great leadership books. In fact, I made a Top 10 list of leadership books and you can check those out at www.theprivateschoolleader.com/top10
#4 on that list is Atomic Habits...
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Episode 52: The 5 Things That Are Probably True About The Parents At Your School
There are two kinds of people in your life.Â
If you just ate lunch and you are on your way to lead an important meeting, there are the kind of people that will tell you that you have broccoli in your teeth. And then...
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Episode 51: How To Significantly Increase Student Retention By Creating A "Culture Of Anticipation"
Think back to when you were a kid. What was something that you looked forward to with great anticipation?
For me it was Christmas morning and my 16th birthday. I remember when I was 6 years old, I knew that I was...
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Episode 50: How To Reverse Engineer Your Portrait Of A Graduate
I am old enough to remember using a road map to get where I was going. Yes, I am talking about the impossible to fold map that lived in the glove compartment!
In the 90’s I graduated to MapQuest and clearly remember...
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Episode 49: The 8 Biggest Strengths Of The Introverted Leader
I want you to take a moment and notice the title of this week’s episode.
The title is NOT: “5 Strategies To Be More Extroverted As An Introverted Leader”
The title is NOT: “4 Ways You Can Come Out Of Your Shell As An...
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Episode 48: You Can Overcome The “Hustle Culture” If You Stop Doing These 6 Things
“Rise and grind.”
“I’ve got a dream that is more important than sleep.”
“I pledge allegiance to the grind.”
What do these “motivational” quotes have in common? They glamorize a very dangerous thing called “hustle...
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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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