School Leadership Reimagined

From fighting fires to fire prevention

Jun 27, 2018

Are you spending the majority of your day putting out fires and dealing with interruptions that keep you from doing the work that you really want and should be doing? Are you taking work home over the weekends because you don’t have time to catch up during the school day? The problem isn’t that you need fewer...

5 Traps that Threaten the Success of Your Change Efforts this year

Jun 20, 2018

Have you ever wondered why your change efforts lose steam over time? There’s a reason for that. In fact, there are 5 BIG reasons, I call them TRAPS that seriously threaten the success of our change efforts and keep us from achieving the momentum we need to reach our goals. In today’s episode, I’m going to go...

How to Write Your Strategic Plan Like a Builder

Jun 13, 2018

When was the last time you were truly inspired by you school improvement planning process? If you’re like most leaders, the answer is probably “NEVER!” That’s because the way that we typically set goals and plan school improvement is dead wrong. We settle for tiny goals when deep down inside we long to make...

5 Books You Should Be Reading This Summer

Jun 6, 2018

Sometimes as educators, we go so immersed in the world of education that we miss out on the larger conversations going on around us. So each year, I search for non-education books that I believe have HUGE implications for the way we think about education and particularly our roles as Builders. This year’s list is...