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School Leadership Reimagined — 109 episodes
You're Trying to Fix Staff Problems With the Wrong Tools
Why Removing Underperforming Teachers Won't Save Your School
Why AI Keeps Disappointing Principals (And what to do instead)
5 Books Every Principal Should Read This Summer (None of Them Are About Schools)
The Only Permission You Need
Tents and bicycles
The year you wanted vs the year you got
Decisions vs Choices
Your Schedule Is Lying to You
How to Hire Teachers Who Actually Fit Your School Culture
How to Give Your Staff an End of Year They'll Never Forget
Why Principals Slip Back Into Leadership When Things Get Hard
What Is the 100Percent Principal Podcast? Everything You Need to Know Before April 15th
I Have a Big Announcement (No, This Is Not an April Fools Joke)
There's a new kind of teacher: Why everything you know about leadership just changed
The Leadership Ceiling: Why Working Harder Isn't Working
Why this moment in education is different
What 8 Years of Doing This Podcast Has Taught Me
The Surefire Way to Know If Your Staff Really Believes in 100%
I hate testing season
The real danger of the "Compensation Cycle"
We've been gaslit
Your school wasn't built for this
What's the big deal about vision?
Do you have a "borrowed vision?"
So... about that whole "be boring" thing
Rewind: Revisiting my 2025 Lessons
What Builders Do During Winter Break
You don't need a 2026 Plan
Your Leadership Team Meeting Has One Job—And It's Not What You Think
Rewind: Are you playing offense or defense
The Two-Minute Ritual That Makes Meetings More Effective
Why Tier 1 Isn't the Goal
Stop playing academic whack-a-mole: A smarter way to support struggling students with the AIR Framework
3 Reasons Teachers Are Still Not Implementing Tier 1 (Despite all the PD)
How to Uncover the Real Problem Hiding Behind "Feedback Issues"
Predictable. Consistent. Still Not Seeing Results? Here's Why.
Visible isn't the same as Present
Real Talk: The State of Our Profession Has Me Worried
The Hidden Pattern Already Pulling Your School Off Track
Rewind: How to Avoid the "October Drift"
The Hidden Feedback Loop Running Your School
The Feedback Habits That Hurt (And the Myths That Made Them Seem Like a Good Idea)
Why Some Teachers Ignore Your Feedback (even when you're right)
Start the Year Aligned: How to Bring a Fractured Staff Together Fast
School Year Resolutions
Summer Rewind: The Secret to an Amazing School Year
What if you're doing the right work but the wrong way?
You don't have to do it alone
Stop Chasing Compliance. Start Building Alignment
3 Mistakes That Sabotage Staff Alignment Before the Year Even Starts
Why Staff "Buy-in" is a Trap
Summer Rewind: The One Solution to Every "People" Problem
Why your PLC's aren't working and what to do instead
The Summer Reading List 2025
Borrower or Builder? Why Half-Building Won't Get You to 100%
The moment I realized Summer Planning was a Lie
You're about to waste another summer
You can't get to 100% on good intentions
Rewind: Why You Should Be Conducting Exit Interviews
How to Keep Staff Engaged at the End of the Year
How to do Teacher Appreciation Week #LikeABuilder
The one meeting teachers actually look forward to
When Everything Feels ...Fragile
How to Manage Your Boss When Your Boss Isn't a Builder
What your master schedule says about you
The Power of the Right Mentor
Is testing season taking over your school?
Overcoming the Spring Slump
Who's in Your Ear: How Your Tribe Shapes Your Trajectory
The Game-Changing Strategy No One's Talking About -- And why you need it now
Rewind: Keeping District Demand from Derailing Your Progress
Your staff may not be as aligned as you think
You don't have a motivation problem. You have an alignment problem.
The problem with small wins
How to Handle Uncertainty
What is Staff Alignment?
How to conduct more meaningful walkthroughs
My Biggest Lesson of 2024
Do you feel like you've only got this ONE school year to make a difference?
The most important question of all
What's your 80/20?
Do you know your role?
Free yourself of the old rules
Want better answers? Ask better questions!
The power of frameworks
Is this really all there is?
Boundaries vs Agreements
Are you too comfortable?
Here's why some teachers ignore your feedback
How to Build True Accountability Part 2
How to Build True Accountability Part 1
The ONE question that changes everything
Your job as a School Principal is not to solve problems
Planning Your Day and the Myth of Self-Care
Expectations Change Everything
Rewind: 4 Things You Need to Do Now to Create Momentum for the Year
The 5 Meetings that Should Be on Every Principal's Calendar
Do we really need to inspect what we expect?
Summer Success Series Secret #8: Work vs Chores
Summer Success Series Secret #7: Get everyone to embrace your vision
Summer Success Series Secret #6: Work ON your school, not just in it
Summer Success Series Secret #5: Fight for Your Vision
Summer Success Series Secret #4: How to Set and Uphold High Expectations of Teachers
Summer Success Series Secret #3: Be proactive instead of reactive
Summer Success Series Secret #2: How to Get Unstuck
Summer Success Series Secret #1: The #1 Thing between you and success
The ONE thing you must do at the end of the school year
The Annual Summer Reading List 2024