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10 Reasons You Should NOT Join a Mastermind
Since 2016, I’ve run a mastermind for school leaders. We’ve served over 100 leaders in our community from schools around the world. It’s hands down the best professional development for school administrators, but it’s not for everyone … Here are 10 (objective)...
Chris Legleiter: Including Parents into Powerful Professional Development
Chris Legleiter is a middle school principal with 23 years of experience in education, with 12 of those being an administrator. Chris has a lead learner focus on helping others to collectively grow and learn from each other. He serves his school community by building...
5 Things I Learned from Dan Pink
Since his book, Drive, I’ve really enjoyed Dan Pink’s work. 2019 was a fun year at BLBS. We read Pink’s When in my leadership community for school admin and I asked him to be on my podcast. Dan said “Yes” and you can listen to the full episode we created on this...
Jennifer Kushell: Dreaming Big and Exploring your Potential
Over the past two decades (since she was in college) Jennifer has sculpted groundbreaking campaigns around youth empowerment, employment and entrepreneurship, bringing educational, government and corporate stakeholders together to impact millions. Author of the New...
What books should I read as a school leader?
This is a great question to ask. One of the easiest ways to level up your leadership skills is by drinking deeply from high-quality books. Harry S. Truman said, “not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” Graduate School The challenge I have with...
10 Things Every School Leader Should Have
I love this quote from Derek Sivers: “What is ordinary to you is extraordinary to me.” And it’s with that spirit I craft today’s post. The following are the tools “ordinary” to me, but maybe, just maybe, they’ll be extraordinary to you. I organized this post into four...
Jethro Jones: Avoiding Burnout
Welcome to the Better Leaders Better Schools podcast. This is a weekly show for ruckus makers -- What is a ruckus maker? A leader who has found freedom from the status quo. A leader looking to escape the old routine. A leader who never, ever gives up. It’s December,...
Keys to a Powerful Year [20 Actionable Productivity Tips]
Many leaders want a powerful 2020, but most won’t achieve that. Three obstacles will get in the way: Doing the same thing they’ve done in the past (but expecting different results) Doing too much on their own Inconsistent execution This list will help you get more...
A powerful way to close out the year
Each year I write a Letter to the BLBS Tribe. I started this practice in 2017 and you should start today. Here's why ... Reflection is powerful Your tribe will be inspired Reflection is powerful Most importantly, I have found this practice to have personal benefits....
