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Episode 42: Extreme Ownership (Leadership Lessons From A Navy SEAL)
In the spring of 2006, terrorists ruled the streets of Ramadi, Iraq.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Army soldiers, US Marines, Navy SEALs and friendly Iraqi soldiers moved quietly through the streets of Ramadi,...
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Episode 41: Watch For These 5 Red Flags When Enrolling New Students In August
The same thing happens every summer. As sure as there will be fireworks on the 4th of July, you can count on this happening about two weeks before the first day of school.
A parent calls your school and really wants...
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Episode 40: Use These 4 Strategies To Improve Your New Teacher Orientation
Goldilocks was hungry.
She smelled the porridge that the three bears had left behind. She lifted the latch. She walked over to the table, looked at the three bowls of porridge and then carefully sat down. We all know...
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Episode 39: Make Sure That Your Teachers Fill The "Narrative Void" Before Your Parents Do
I want you to use your imagination.
The QB of your favorite NFL team leaves the game, goes to the blue medical tent, he stands on the sideline for the rest of the game, but he doesn’t return. After the game, the QB...
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Episode 38: Do These 8 Things And You Will Be A More Authentic Leader
In July 2011, a man walked into the Tulsa, Oklahoma Convention Center carrying five glass cups.
PBS was there filming an episode of Antiques Roadshow. This man had bought these cups back in the 1970’s. He knew that...
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Episode 37: This ONE THING Will Make You A Happier And Better Compensated Leader
If you have ever watched an infomercial, you have probably heard a very specific phrase used again and again. As the energetic host tells you why you can’t live without a knife that can cut through a penny, they...
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Episode 36: If Nelson Mandela was your Head of School....
I love sports movies!
My favorite is Rocky 4, but I also love Miracle, Remember The Titans, Hoosiers, Field of Dreams, Tin Cup, Caddyshack and so many more. There is a sports movie that came out in 2009 that I think...
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Episode 35: The Top 10 TED Talks That Every Private School Leader Should Watch
OK, I know what you’re thinking: “What is the deal with all of these Top 10 lists?”
That’s a fair question considering that:
Two weeks ago (Episode 33) was titled The Top 10 Leadership Books For Private School...
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Episode 34: The Top 10 Time Management Books For Busy Private School Leaders
I’ve got a riddle for you.
I am free, yet priceless. You can’t own me, but you can use me. You can’t save me, you can only spend me. What am I?
Before I give you the answer, I have to tell you two things. First, I...
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Episode 33: The Top 10 Leadership Books for Private School Leaders
Summer means different things to different people.
For my family it means 4th of July fireworks, cooking burgers on the grill, fireflies, playing a little golf (badly), reading a book in the backyard hammock and one...
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Episode 32: Ask yourself these 6 questions TODAY so that NEXT year will be better
The windshield on your car is MUCH, MUCH bigger than your rear view mirror. That makes sense, right?
When you are driving down the road, your focus is on what’s ahead.
Over the last several years, I have become a much...
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Episode 31: Try these 7 strategies when you are "feeling off" but don't know why
Has this ever happened to you?
You are sitting at your desk at school, working on something and you just “feel off”?
You aren’t sure what’s wrong.
Maybe you feel agitated or grumpy. Maybe you feel a little bit queasy...
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