Podcast Episodes

Episode 67: The Surprising Truth About What Really Motivates Your Teachers

Why do people do what they do? 

What drives behavior? 

Why do some people train for a marathon for a year and then run it?

Why do some people go to jobs that they hate, year after year for 50 years?

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 66: 7 Important Things To Remember As You Lead Your School

As private school leaders we do a great job remembering certain things.

We can remember the names of all of the kids in our school. We can remember a complicated bell schedule. We can even remember w…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 65: Business Made Simple For Non-financial School Leaders

I want to tell you something that not too many people know about me.

When I first went to college, I earned an Associate’s Degree in Business administration. Freshman year was when I got my lowest gr…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 64: The Best Leaders Avoid These 12 Communication Mistakes

I want to preview today’s episode by sharing a quote and a definition.

The quote:

George Bernard Shaw once said: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 63: The Top 10 Leadership Nuggets of 2023

I love year end top 10 lists!

This doesn’t happen as much anymore, but magazines like People and Newsweek used to come out with a special edition in mid-December. 

This special issue would feature th…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 62: How To Escape Your Echo Chamber

Do you believe that the Earth is flat?

I can hear what you are saying: “Mark, I'm a college graduate. I am an educator. I have common sense. NO, I don't believe the Earth is flat!”

Just to be clear, …

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 61: 5 Ways To Multiply Your Time

I’ve never really been a fan of crossword puzzles or Sudoku or riddles. Maybe that’s because I solve problems all day long and I would rather not do it recreationally. That said, I have a riddle for …

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 60: When Your Parents Complain, The First Problem Is Sometimes Not The Real Problem

I want to tell you a secret about the parents at your school.

Over the last 32 years, I have had thousands of meetings with parents. Many were in my office or on the phone, but some were on the bleac…

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 59: The 4 Biggest Lies That Most Private School Leaders Believe

“Cigarette smoking is no more ‘addictive’ than coffee, tea or Twinkies.”

—James W. Johnston, CEO of R.J. Reynolds Nabisco, April 14, 1994 before Congress

“I can say categorically that… no one in the …

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 58: Your Leadership Kryptonite And How To Avoid It

I was never really a big fan of Superman. I was more of a Spiderman fan when I was a kid.

Of course, Spiderman was actually Peter Parker. A nerdy kid from Queens that was always studying for a test, …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago