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Episode 66: 7 Important Things To Remember As You Lead Your School
As private school leaders we do a great job remembering certain things.
We can remember the names of all of the kids in our school. We can remember a complicated bell schedule. We can even remember when the 3rd Grade...
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Episode 65: Business Made Simple For Non-financial School Leaders
I want to tell you something that not too many people know about me.
When I first went to college, I earned an Associateās Degree in Business administration. Freshman year was when I got my lowest grade in all of my...
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Episode 64: The Best Leaders Avoid These 12 Communication Mistakes
I want to preview todayās episode by sharing a quote and a definition.
The quote:
George Bernard Shaw once said: āThe single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.ā
The...
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Episode 63: The Top 10 Leadership Nuggets of 2023
I love year end top 10 lists!
This doesnāt happen as much anymore, but magazines like People and Newsweek used to come out with a special edition in mid-December.Ā
This special issue would feature the Top 10 in...
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Episode 62: How To Escape Your Echo Chamber
Do you believe that the Earth is flat?
I can hear what you are saying: āMark, I'm a college graduate. I am an educator. I have common sense. NO, I don't believe the Earth is flat!ā
Just to be clear,Ā I donāt believe...
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Episode 61: 5 Ways To Multiply Your Time
Iāve never really been a fan of crossword puzzles or Sudoku or riddles. Maybe thatās because I solve problems all day long and I would rather not do it recreationally. That said, I have a riddle for you:
I can't be...
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Episode 60: When Your Parents Complain, The First Problem Is Sometimes Not The Real Problem
I want to tell you a secret about the parents at your school.
Over the last 32 years, I have had thousands of meetings with parents. Many were in my office or on the phone, but some were on the bleachers in the Gym,...
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Episode 59: The 4 Biggest Lies That Most Private School Leaders Believe
āCigarette smoking is no more āaddictiveā than coffee, tea or Twinkies.ā
āJames W. Johnston, CEO of R.J. Reynolds Nabisco, April 14, 1994 before Congress
āI can say categorically thatā¦ no one in the White House staff,...
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Episode 58: Your Leadership Kryptonite And How To Avoid It
I was never really a big fan of Superman. I was more of a Spiderman fan when I was a kid.
Of course, Spiderman was actually Peter Parker. A nerdy kid from Queens that was always studying for a test, was usually broke...
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Episode 57: How To Create More "Friction" Between You And Your Email Inbox
When I was a kid, I used to LOVE it when it snowed. Snow days, sledding, building a snowman. So much fun!
But, when I turned 16, my love affair with snow ended. Thatās because I had to start driving in the white...
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Episode 56: Do This When You Feel Like Giving Up
It was a Wednesday morning and I couldnāt get out of bed.
I donāt mean that I was tired and didnāt FEEL like getting out of bed.
I mean that I couldnāt get out of bed.
I was overwhelmed and discouraged and felt a...
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Episode 55: What If Your Head Of School Was A Social Media Influencer?
OK, Iāll admit it.
This is one of the strangest episode titles that I have had on the podcast so far.
I know that a lot of us roll our eyes when we hear the term āsocial media influencerā, because we think that term...
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