Ep 66: Bill Sommers: Iron Underwear - How Does Someone Turn Around Schools & School Districts?

About Bill Sommers: He is a learner, a teacher, a principal, an author, a leadership coach and a consultant. He's come out of retirement multiple times to help principals to put theory into practice. He is a former executive director for secondary curriculum in professional learning for Minneapolis public schools and he has been a school administrator for over 35 years. He's been a senior fellow for the Urban Leadership Academy at the University of Minnesota. Bill also has served as full-time faculty and as an adjunct faculty member at several universities. He has also been a program director for an adolescent chemical dependency treatment center and served on the board of a halfway house for 20 years. In this episode, Jordan and Bill discuss: What schools should be prioritizing in education Marshall Goldsmith_FeedForward Frank Wagner_The Power of Total Commitment Being a learning omnivore Self-worth and inner-terrorism Key Takeaways Schools are losing superintendents and principals because politics is driving education Businesses are looking for creativity, collaboration, and working with diversity. Schools today must not only prepare students to pass tests, but to thrive in life. To get there, they'll need to learn how to care for others and be a good human being. Your role as a leader is to hold people accountable. If you don't have a soul, people are not going to listen to you, they will not come forward with crucial info in fear of how you'll react. They will go underground, they will hide. Let your self-worth be stronger than your self-critic. Stop the inner-terrorism, be aware of your thoughts. If you're doing something to yourself that you wouldn't put up with if done to a friend, then stop doing it. "Knowledge is important and insufficient. You can read all the books you want and have knowledge but if you can't put it into practice and make the world better, I don't know what the point is." — Bill Sommers Get a 20% discount on Bill's latest book, "Creating Talent Density" by calling 800-462-4620 or www.roman.com and the promo code is RLEGN20 Connect with Bill Sommers: Website: https://learningomnivores.com/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillSommers8 Connect with Jordan: For executives wanting a complimentary executive coaching conversation: [email protected] Website: www.workplacewarriorinc.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordangoldrich1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordan.goldrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordangoldrich/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgoldrich/