ENCORE PRESENTATION: UnLearning Lean On Me- What Kind Of Leader Are You?

Send us Fan MailWe revisit Lean On Me and use Joe Clark’s comeback story to talk about what leadership looks like when a system is in crisis and time is running out. We wrestle with the tension between bold turnaround moves and the kind of shared vision that actually lasts. • the summer movie series lens and what we can unlearn from childhood classics • Eastside High as a picture of organizational breakdown and lost control • leadership seasons and why the “cushy place” can’t be the final stop • the five-phase organizational lifecycle: startup, turnaround, accelerated growth, realignment, sustaining success • turnaround leadership under pressure and why consensus can be impossible • asking “Are you the leader for the moment” and knowing when to step back • realignment through shared authority, shared language, and shared vision • why people drop a vision when they have no ownership in it • working with young people as stakeholders, not recipients • distractions, backlash, and counterattacks that grow as momentum grows • sustaining success through culture that outlives the leader • professional sharpening and the colleague who demands respect and forces the shift subscribe, comment, download, like, like, share tag us at the unlearned podcast