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Accelerate Your Performance is a education podcast hosted by Studer Education. It has 430 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Accelerate Your Performance is a weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Janet Pilcher, Managing Director of Studer Education and author of Hardwiring Excellence in Education. Every week, Janet highlights tactical and actionable strategies that leaders in educational organizations can hardwire to meet successful student, service, and people outcomes. Listen now, and you’ll see why it’s ranked by ListenNotes in the top 5% of podcasts worldwide. As she introduces a variety of pivotal leadership practices from the 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence, Janet underscores the importance of seamlessly integrating each practice to deliver positive and impactful results. For each leadership practice she introduces, Janet provides a solid foundation and then collaborates with coaching experts to dig deeper and demonstrate its practical application. Janet also interviews leaders and partners who excel at the tactics to hear about their implementation journeys, hurdles they’ve faced,

education ·en-us ·430 episodes

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DHP 2026 Virtual K12 Leadership Conference Launch

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Words Have Power

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From Survey Results to Real Growth

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Lead With a People-First Mindset

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Service Matters: Lead With Excellence

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Use Words With Purpose

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Tackle Communication Barriers

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Pillar 3: Communicate for Alignment

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Power of the Pause: Reflecting on How to Improve Processes

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9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence: An Operating System for Results

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Change Your Organization’s Culture One Conversation at a Time

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Small Conversations, Big Impact: Strengthening Culture Through Rounding

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Building Lasting Impact with 9 Pillars for Leadership Excellence

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Express Gratitude for Those on Your Journey

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The Case for Celebrating Bright Spots

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Keep Your Organizational Flywheel Spinning with Gratitude

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Culture and Strategy Go Hand in Hand

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Achieve Equity Through Systems Alignment

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Stop the Blame Cycle: 3 Steps to Process Improvement

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Cut Through the Noise: 3 Steps to Build Board and Community Trust

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Retention Is Your Strategy: 3 Leader Actions to Secure Talent

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The Precision Budget: 3 Steps to Protect What's Important

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Use Feedback to Unlock Operational Excellence

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Getting 1% Better Every Day

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Why Coaching and Improvement Work Never Ends

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Serve Others with Great Care and Concern

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Lead People with Purpose

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Why Little Moments Make a Big Difference in Education

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The Lasting Impact of a Caring Educator

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The Extraordinary Gift: Our Teachers

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Beyond the Ordinary: A 400th Episode Reflection

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How Gratitude Builds Great Teams

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Build Trust Between Boards and Superintendents

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Achieve Sustainable Impact with Rounding and Surveys

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Elevate School Culture Through Appreciation

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Imperfect Leaders, Powerful Lessons

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Strengthen Your District with Rounding and Recognition

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Empowered Leaders and Aligned Values

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The Relentless Pursuit of Consistent Growth

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Remember Your Why: From Struggle to Purpose

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Convert Surveys to Solutions

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Lead Like a Startup

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Measure Impact to Guide Improvement

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The Four Leadership Essentials

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Leadership & Data: An Unlikely Power Couple — Studer Education on 'Voices United in Education'

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Leadership Development is a Must-Have

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How Short Cycles of Improvement Drive Change

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Transform District Culture with People-First Strategies

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Achieve Operational Efficiency with Process Improvement

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The Culture-Strategy Equation: Reflections from the AASA Conference

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