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The Hidden Costs Draining Your School: How One Leader Cut Supply Spending by 50%
Episode 264
Most school owners aren’t losing money because of one major expense.
They're losing money in the quiet places—the small operational habits, the unspok…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
When School Leaders Drift: How to Anchoring Yourself Through Every Season
Episode 263
Every school leader drifts, even the strongest ones.
Drift is not burnout, not laziness, and not a leadership flaw. It is one of the quietest, most hu…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Growth Is the Job: Why Leadership Development Isn’t a Perk — It’s the Work
Episode 262
Leadership in early childhood has long been treated like an “extra,” a bonus you get after the fires are out and the classrooms are staffed.
But here’…
9 months ago
You’re Not Out of Energy — You’re Overholding: How School Leaders Create Energy on Demand
Episode 261
You can’t call in tired when you’re the leader.
Even on the days when your body aches, your brain is foggy, and every text feels like one more demand …
9 months, 1 week ago
The Invisible Weight of Memory: How Systems and Rhythms Protect School Leaders from Burnout
Episode 260
If your brain feels like a filing cabinet that never closes, you’re not alone.
For many school leaders, memory becomes the hidden system — the thing h…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Timeless Marketing Strategies for Childcare Leaders: What Still Works (and What to Leave Behind)
Episode 259
In early childhood education, it’s easy to feel like marketing changes faster than you can keep up. But the truth is, while tactics evolve, the funda…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Invisible Weight of School Leadership
Episode 258
Leadership is heavy in ways no one talks about.
We expect long hours, enrollment pressure, staff turnover, and parent demands — but the invisible weig…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
From Hyper-Responsibility to Healthy Leadership: A School Leader’s Journey Beyond People-Pleasing
Episode 257
When Irene Gomez stepped into her role as director at the J Center for Early Learning in El Paso, Texas, she carried what so many new leaders do: hyp…
10 months ago
The Delegation Dilemma: Escaping the Over-Functioning Trap
Episode 256
If you’ve ever thought, “It’s just easier if I do it myself,” or found yourself ready to “burn it all down” after one too many hand-holding moments—t…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Power of One: Scaling Deep, Not Wide with Latrice Galloway
Episode 255
Scaling is glorified in our culture. In early childhood education, that often means opening more schools, adding more classrooms, and constantly chas…
10 months, 2 weeks ago