Lori Villanueva: Do the Right thing for Kids
Lori Villanueva has been in education for 25 years, starting as a high school Biology, Music and AVID Teacher, and now serves as Superintendent in a rural district of 4500…
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Exploring Your Potential
A great book on performance and potential is Tim Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Tennis. It breaks down the mindset you need to be a top-performer. Essentially there are two…
How do you onboard school staff during a pandemic?
If you have an onboarding routine that works, it probably is on automatic right now. Since we're opening school in a pandemic this is a great time to redesign your…
Mastermind Case Study: Jessica Cabeen
Principal @ Ellis Middle School Tell us what you do and what your work typically entails. I am currently a middle school principal in Minnesota while speaking, writing, and consulting…
Why do you exist?
Warby Parker is a brilliant company. I bought their glasses multiple times when in the states. Their marketing is genius. ou open your glass cases for the first time and…
Keep making a ruckus
At the center of what we do as leaders is this: we make change happen. I love the word ruckus. Mastermind members are the epitome of a ruckus maker: We…
Practice Rule #6
A school principal and her newly hired AP are in a conference room discussing the mission and vision of the school during a new hire onboarding day. Suddenly a woman…
