Podcast Episodes

Episode 142: 5 Ways To Improve Your Teacher In-Service Days

At my local Walmart, the same thing happens every year, during the week after the 4th of July. They start putting out all of the “Back To School” items in their seasonal section. 

Just a week before,…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Episode 141: Use "The Focus Funnel” To Increase Your Productivity

I want you to use your imagination. Pretend you are at school. For the entire morning, you are wearing glasses that make everything very blurry. 

Around noon, someone hands you glasses with a perfect…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 140: Leadership Lessons From Your Windshield And Your Rearview Mirror

When I was a little kid, I was obsessed with the Indy 500. 

Why? Well, my Grandma lived one hour south of Indianapolis and my great Uncle Harry actually helped build the engine for one of the race ca…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 139 Prioritizing Problems: Elephants, Wolves and Termites

My daughter is a birdkeeper at the Jacksonville Zoo. She gets to work with some pretty amazing birds and do some really cool things. One day, a few months ago, I got a text from her along with three …

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 138: Bosses Make You Feel Anxious, Leaders Make You Feel Safe

I want you to think back to your first job.

Was it McDonald’s or another fast food place? Maybe it was as a cashier at a grocery store or babysitting or camp counselor or washing cars at a car dealer…

Published on 3 months ago

Episode 137: The Secret Struggle: Mental Health And Private School Leadership

In July of 2021, the summer Olympics were taking place in Tokyo, one year after being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. You may remember that Simone Biles withdrew from the gymnastics competition c…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Episode 136: 4 More Powerful Leadership Lessons From Atomic Habits

Back in October of 2023, I recorded Episode 53 of this podcast: “5 Powerful Leadership Lessons From Atomic Habits”. Since then, that episode has become one of the most downloaded episodes in the hist…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 135: Do 1 Of These 4 Things This Summer To Have A Better 25/26 School Year

One of the most famous opening lines in classic literature is, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

Do you remember the book?  If you guessed A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 134: "‘My Child Is Not the Problem’: How To Handle Defensive Parenting

“My son doesn’t lie.” “My daughter would never do that.” “My child has gotten straight A’s since Kindergarten, so if he got a C it is clearly a problem with the teacher.” “He’s only acting this way …

Published on 4 months ago

Episode 133: Do These 4 Things Before Your Body "Pulls The Emergency Brake"

Whenever the word “emergency” is in the title of something, you probably hope that you don’t ever need to use it. Emergency Room. Emergency Exit. Emergency Fund. Emergency Brake.

I hope that you have…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago