🔥 What happens when our doubts, mistakes, and questions start to take over?

🔥 What is a quick, simple routine that we can follow to rekindle our fire?

🔥 How can music build identity and belonging in a learning community?

About This Guest

Sean Gaillard is a school administrator in North Carolina, author of The Pepper Effect, and host of the Leadership Liner Notes podcast. He blogs about leadership, education, and inspiration for Leadership Liner Notes, and is currently writing a new book for Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. titled Leadership Riffs.

Connect with Sean

on LinkedIn,

on X @smgaillard,

on Instagram @smgaillard,

on his blog at https://seangaillard.com/.

In This Conversation

0:00:00 - Sean Gaillard is a principal and author in Lexington, North Carolina

1:59 - The dark times that education leaders face

6:37 - Reset Step 1: Take a breath

8:49 - Reset Step 2: Anchor in gratitude

12:02 - Reset Step 3: Affirm and reframe

15:28 - Reset Step 4: Reconnect

21:36 - One more thing: your presence matters

24:10 - Revisiting our why, passions, dreams, and values

27:22 - How can music build identity and belonging?

30:00 - What to expect from Leadership Riffs

31:36 - How to motivate teams with low morale

34:01 - How and where to connect with Sean Gaillard online

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