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The difference between good and great leaders with Darrin Peppard
One of my favorite books is Jim Collins’ Good to Great – a book about what separates great companies from good ones. Collins’ book focuses on organizations, so what ab...
Five for Friday June 26-30, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of June 26-30, 2023.
Making Mandates Motivating with Mike Anderson
We are in an era where teacher and school lead autonomy is under a lot of pressure. It is becoming common practice, especially at the elementary level, for teachers to...
Five for Friday June 19-23, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of June 19-23, 2023.
Retribution Versus Restoration with AJ Crabill
In behavioral psychology, a punishment is defined as any change that reduces the likelihood of abehavior occurring again. Retribution is defined as legal revenge, with...
Five for Friday June 12-6, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of June 12-6, 2023.
Deeper Learning with Dr. Sarah Fine
One of the most common laments I hear from school leaders involves the lack of student engagement present in so many classrooms. What drives engagement isn’t activitie...
Five for Friday June 4-9, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of June 4-9, 2023.
New to the game?
I’ve been hearing from a number of people who are getting ready to be brand new assistant principals in the fall and I have been thinking about the most critical thing...
Five for Friday May 29 – June 2, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of May 29 – June 2, 2023. I’m going to go completely out of order today and just...
*Secrets* of Teacher Retention with Dr. Luke Simmering
Last fall I offered a five-page guide on ten activities to support new teachers during the first two-weeks of school. The activities were designed to achieve three goa...
Five for Friday May 22-26, 2023
Last Friday I began with a shoutout to Soupman2545 for leaving a review and helping me improve the show. It felt good to begin the show with a thank you so I’m going t...
Pause, breathe, flourish with William D Parker
I know… you don’t have time to pause, you barely have time to breathe, and you are saving flourishing for summer. You are too busy with all the tasks, and taking care ...
Five for Friday May 15-20, 2023
If you listened to Tuesday’s incredible show with Tequilla Lamar, you noticed something new – music!Mara and Collin have been suggesting for some time that we needed t...
Are you worthy? With Tequila Lamar
Let’s face it, you aren’t cut out for this job. You are in over your head, and soon everyone will discover it! What were you even thinking? You can’t help your teacher...
Five for Friday May 8-12, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of May 8-12, 2023.Celebrations: Garden planted out! New AP (1 & 2) mentoring pro...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Dr. Jacque Jacobs and Dr. Kevin O’Gorman, May 9, 2023
That my friends is a musical introduction to today’s theme – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.We aren’t talking about spaghetti westerns, but rather a valuable process ...
Five for Friday May 1-5, 2023
Today we will begin with the end. There are many big and complex problems we need to solve, but the process will be slow and require great effort.In contrast, there ar...
10 Simple Steps to a Better School
Back in episode 44 I shared the story that drives me in which I talked about Kelli, an assistant principal who was overwhelmed with discipline. I visited her around 10...
Five for Friday April 24-28, 2023
If you get my daily email, you already know that this week’s messages involved me going head-to-head with ChatGPT on the topic of creating a positive organizational cu...
It is simpler than you think!
At the beginning of this school year, North Carolina embarked on a two-year, $90-million journey to train every elementary and teachers and administrator in a program ...
Five for Friday April 17-21, 2023
Famous leadership theorist and author John Maxwell said, “leadership s influence, nothing less, nothing more.”Is that it? Is that really all leadership is?
Crisis Prevention with Dr. Kevin Mabie
When I say “People before Purpose” what do I actually mean? When I say the silver bullet -the one truly magical solution – is to build relationships, what does that lo...
Five for Friday April 10-14, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of April 10-14, 2023.
All the Answers Are Already in the Room with Dr. Tiffany Brunson
Saying that great leaders are great listeners has almost become cliché. Listening is one of thosethings that sounds simple, but which can be challenging to execute – e...
Five for Friday April 3-7, 2023
If I can’t do everything, doesn’t that mean that I choose what does get done – and what doesn’t? And if I’m choosing, do my choices reflect my values? These three idea...
Trust-Based Observations with Craig Randall Part 2, 4/4/2023
You’ve heard me talk about the flywheel. It is the process of providing professional development,following it up with targeted observations, and using observation data...
Five for Friday March 27-31, 2023
I had a lot of fun writing this week’s emails. Last week I met and worked with some incredible people, and it just made the whole week special. I hope that positivity ...
Trust-Based Observations with Craig Randall, 3/27/2023
You’ve heard me talk about the flywheel. It is the process of providing professional development,following it up with targeted observations, and using observation data...
Five for Friday March 20-24, 2023
Simple fences, small wins, and three tips for interviewing. But wait, there’s more!Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the we...