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The Motivation Equation
Show title and release date: The Motivation EquationNote on Sponsorships:Help cover the cost of producing the podcastMotivate me to produce a better productGive you ac...

(Teacher) Team Leadership with Dr. Chad Dumas
(Teacher) Team Leadership with Dr. Chad Dumas Description:If you’ve been listening to me or following my daily email, you’ve heard me talk about 5-minute coaching, th...

Follow up Questions for From Fires to Fulfillment
Today I’m digging into some questions I received from participants in my recent GAMSP training on moving from Fires to Fulfillment. Podcast episode 242, released two ...

The First Step to Great Relationships with Joe Pettit
Today’s show is high energy with lots of thoughts and concepts that will grab your attention and your intention. My guest and I talk a lot about the power you have as ...

Final Questions First with Joe Pettit
#243: Final Questions First with Joe PettitDescription:This is just a short tease for the full interview coming out on March 11th, 2025. I had forgotten to ask Joe the...

From Fires to Fulfillment
If you read my daily email, you likely know that my big goal for 2025 is to give 25 keynotes and presentations. On Monday, February 24, I gave my first ever keynote at...

8 Actions to Lift People Up
Today’s episode is inspired by a book study I did last week with 25 building and district school leaders. The focus of the book study was stage 5 of A School Leader’s ...

Turbulence
We are in a moment of significant change. There’s a lot of instability and unpredictability and people don’t know what’s going to happen – good, bad, or indifferent. W...

Be the Mirror with Tequila Lamar
Description:Today’s guest is Tequila Lamar. The name should be familiar to you because I just featured my first interview with Tequila as the “Greatest Episode of All ...

#238: Can Adults Just Act Like Adults? With Frederick
| A couple weeks ago in one of my daily emails I asked for people’s experiences, perspectives, and questions about culture. A reader responded: As far as culture, my...

Helping Teachers Call Home With Jamie Brown
In May, on episode 199, I had Jamie Brown on the show and he took us through a very simple but effective script for having a restorative conversation with a student. T...

Culture Questions From Claude Part II
236: Culture Questions From Claude Part IIShow Description: | Last week I asked Claude AI to give me 12 questions I could answer that would help elaborate on school cu...

Culture Questions From Claude Part I
235: Culture Questions From Claude Part IShow Description:Two weeks ago, I did a show that described how school culture is a byproduct of the degree of alignment betwe...

Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar
#234: Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar Description:Today’s guest has developed a framework and language around professional conduct, which he defines as...

Greatest Episode of All Time: Imposter Syndrome
#233: Imposter Syndrome (Greatest Episode of All Time) There is a very brief intro to this, my favorite episode of all time! Originally released in May, 2023… Let’s f...

2024’s BEST Podcast!
#232: 2024’s BEST Podcast! Power Quote: “Every kid has a story” Jamie’s Student Debrief Protocol:1. Are you okay?2. What was the trigger?3. How did the beh...

A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture
A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture Show Description:“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” -Peter Drucker, Author “Culture is like the wind. It is invisible;...

Email Sucks!
#330: Email Sucks Show Description:Last week, Darrin Peppard and I went over some of our favorite time hacks. Towards the end of the show, we talked about email. Today...

10 Awesome Time Hacks with Dr. Darrin Peppard
#229 Outline and Show Notes Show Title: 10 Awesome Time Hacks with Darrin Peppard Power Quote: Description:Time. The most limited resource (along with attention). Many...

The Blueprint with Todd Bloomer
228: The Blueprint with Todd Bloomer Power Quote: The further you are from classrooms… the easier it is to become jaded. Description:If I said I knew a principal who ...

Should We Give Teachers Matches? With Alex Auriemma
Should We Give Teachers Matches? With Alex Auriemma Description:Back in September I released episode 218 titled “Teacher Evaluation is Broken.” Before I recorded that...

Win the Morning, Win the Day with Johnathan Cranford
Win the Morning, Win the Day with Johnathan Cranford Description:If your ISS program runs like clockwork and results in increased academic achievement and fewer misbe...

Silence is Golden
Silence is Golden Show Description:I teased this show on this morning’s daily email message, in which I suggested I might release a podcast episode that was all silenc...

The Power of Reflection
#224: The Power of Reflection Show Description:We are over half-way through the Good Enough October Challenge. Remember, the big idea here is that you don’t have to be...

Presence Shouldn’t Wait for Christmas With Frederick
Presence Shouldn’t Wait for Christmas Power Quote: Once you embrace how valuable your full presence is, you will be more motivated to share it with others. Description...

How Will You Show Up?
222: How will you show up? The Big IdeaWhat if the person you are trying to grow knows more about what they need than you do? This is perspective shift #1: They know ...

What is Leadership? with Mara and Frederick
Show Title: What is Leadership? with Mara and Frederick Helene Rebuild Collaborative link: https://hurricanehelenewnc.com/gallery Description:Leadership takes many f...

Why be great when you can be good enough?
#219 Good Enough October ChallengeIf you'd like to donate to Helene relief, here is the link to Lance's team: https://hurricanehelenewnc.com/Facebook page to learn mor...

If you want to help Western North Carolina please listen!
WNC Links:Accurate Local News (radio): https://www.bpr.org/ Local donation options: https://www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-09-28/list-ways-to-donate-and-help-flood-victims-...

Teacher Evaluation is Broken with Frederick
Teacher Evaluation is Broken Show Description:Assuming you were a teacher, and assuming you were evaluated from time to time:· Did your evaluations ever result in...
