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In this episode, I shared How to Increase Your Influence. These tips will help you increase your influence in every direction—up, down, and across your organization. You must be able to influence or manage up, down, and across our organization if you are going to increase your influence and effectiveness.…

In this episode, I shared 10 Tips for New Assistant Principals. If you are a newly appointed assistant principal, Congratulations! I am proud of you. I know you are excited and ready to work alongside your principal to turn your school around or scale it up to a make it…

In this episode, I shared 10 Tips for New Principals. If you are a newly appointed principal, Congratulations! I am proud of you. I know you are excited and ready to lead your school to make it a better learning environment for students. As you start your 1st year as…

In this episode, I shared 6 Tips for Aspiring School Leaders. As you listen, examine yourself and consider these tips and areas for improvement. As you start on your leadership journey, consider these tips. • Make Your Intentions Known • Be Good at Your Job • Seek Growth opportunities •…

In this episode, I shared Leadership Landmines and How to Avoid Them. As you listen, pay close attention to each leadership landmine and strategies to avoid stepping on them. These are the landmines every school leader should avoid. •Today’s Success •Failure to Adapt •Losing trust •Being Indecisive •Refusing to Delegate…

In this episode, I discuss Leading with Gratitude. As you listen, pay close attention to the benefits of living a grateful life and 5 habits that will help you lead with gratitude. To lead with gratitude, every leader should practice these 5 habits: •Regularly practice giving thanks •Express gratitude regardless…

In this episode, I discuss Focus: Tips to Eliminate Distractions. I will share three tips to reduce or eliminate distractions and focus on what you want more this year. For many leaders, the problem isn’t a lack of time. The problem is a lack of focus. As you listen, pay…

In this episode, I shared Strategies to Deal with Challenging Students’ Behaviors. Coming out of the pandemic across our state and throughout the United States, I have noticed students' misbehaviors have worsened. While we had students' misbehaviors before the pandemic, it appears the pandemic has negatively influenced them. Students are…

In this episode, I interview Janet D. Jackson. Ms. Jackson is an Assistant Principal at Broward County Public Schools, FL. As a veteran Assistant Principal, she shared tips and strategies for emerging and new Assistant Principals. Listen in to the entire conversation for takeaways for new assistant principals and emerging…

In this episode, I shared Tips for New Assistant Principals. If you are a newly appointed assistant principal, Congratulations! I am proud of you. I know you are excited and ready to work alongside your principal to turn your school around or scale up to make it better. As you…

In this episode, I interview the transformational leader and mentor, Dr. William Valmyr. Dr. Valmyr is a teacher, educational leader, author, coach, and speaker who speaks across the country and globally. He is also the CEO of Transformational Leadership. He shared tips and nuggets for how school leaders can scale…

In the last episode, I shared some of the strategies you can use to reinvent and rebuild the culture of your school. How would you define your school or department culture? How is your school culture? What is your department culture? Is it positive? Is it toxic? Even if it…

In today’s episode, I shared some of the strategies you can use to reinvent and rebuild the culture of your school. I hope you can take one or two tips to embed and apply to your school or department culture. How would you define your school or department culture? How…

In this episode, I shared Tips for New Principals. If you are a newly appointed principal, Congratulations! I am proud of you. I know you are excited and ready to turn your school or scale up to make it better. As you start your 1st year as a principal, I…

In the last episode, I shared some of the lessons learned during my first few years as a principal. In the 1st episode, I shared a little background about my school and our journey to becoming a premier center. I also shared 3 lessons, which are: • Relationship Matters •…

In today’s episode, I shared some of the lessons learned and challenges during my first few years as a Principal. I hope that you can glean one or two tips to apply to your leadership repertoire and practices. For some of you, it might be a remainder of some things…

Several weeks ago, I read an article about ways to recharge your leadership battery. I also spent the last few months sharing ways to recharge mentally, spiritually, financially, and physically. In today’s episode, I share ideas and tips to recharge your leadership batteries. The following questions are what I will…

The School Leaders’ Podcast is a podcast for current & aspiring principals on a mission to create a school of excellence. On this podcast, I share my purpose for this podcast. We will explore the challenges, strategies & successes of the school leader's journey. Listeners will hear from fellow school…