Podcast Episodes

PMP:130 Five Lessons in Resilience – Reflections from Unbroken

Several years ago, Oklahoma received one of the worst blizzards I had ever seen in a state that sometimes has no snow fall during winter.

As our comm…

7 years, 6 months ago

PMP:129 Why School Culture Matters – Interview with Heather Shaffery

This time of year, I’m on the road a lot visiting schools across my state.

As I drive across Oklahoma, trees and fields have been brushed with the re…

7 years, 6 months ago

PMP:128 Integrating Technology School-wide with Janalyn Taylor

How can schools integrate technology across all classrooms?
Janalyn Taylor, Principal of Nance Elementary in Clinton, Oklahoma, believes that school l…

7 years, 7 months ago

PMP:Encore053 How Do You Respond Under Pressure?

When I was in high school and college, my brothers and I worked part-time diving for mussel shells in the Kentucky Lake area.

We would sell them by th…

7 years, 7 months ago

PMP:127 Why Social Emotional Learning Matters – Interview with Tamara Fyke

Educators are talking a lot about students in trauma. Although you may not always know when students are stressed or facing a crises, research by the…

7 years, 7 months ago

PMPEncore046: 5 Ways to Respond to Resistance

One of my favorite college education professors would often start class with a provoking question.

As we would grapple with how to answer or support …

7 years, 7 months ago

PMP:125 Leaving A Legacy – What Will Others Say About You?

Recently, the United States mourned the passing of Arizona Senator John McCain.

Before his death, Senator McCain was asked by a reporter what words h…

7 years, 7 months ago

PMP:124 Six Tips for Investing in Future Leaders

When I was a Language Arts teacher, I would walk my students through a series of practices on identifying their surroundings and writing down the det…

7 years, 8 months ago

PMP:123 Rowing Together – Why Your Marriage Matters for Your Leadership

This summer my wife and I enjoyed time away, celebrating our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

One afternoon, we drove to Emera…

7 years, 8 months ago

PMP122: Packing Parachutes – Why Your Money Management Matters

The other day, I was talking to a friend of mine who ran track in high school. When he was at his fastest, he could run a mile in 4 minutes and 30 se…

7 years, 8 months ago