Dr. Quintin Shepherd: The Secret to Transformational Leadership. This is episode 526 of Teaching Learning Leading K12.

Dr. Quintin Shepherd, a true visionary for the future of education, is the Superintendent at Victoria Independent School District in Victoria, Texas.

Sarah Williamson of SWPR Group works with leaders in education to create thoughtful public relations programs that promote growth, build momentum, and enhance learners’ academic success and overall well-being. 

Today, we are focused on their book - The Secret to Transformational Leadership

Even with the deluge of leadership books on the market, a superintendent of a large school district and his colleague, the head of a prominent PR firm, still struggled to find a book that spoke to them about what they needed to become really successful leaders. So they wrote one themselves.

Dr. Quintin Shepherd and co-writer Sarah Williamson use their combined decades of experience in the education and corporate spheres to create a unique model for leadership that is anchored by compassion and a powerful new language.

The Secret to Transformational Leadership presents the personal journeys of such professionals as a pediatric cancer specialist, a president of an innovative nonprofit, and a former investment banker who became an online entrepreneur. The authors use their experiences to illustrate how we are at a precipice for real change in the way we perceive and enact leadership. 

This book offers practical advice about how to make a transition into compassionate leadership through adopting a new language of leadership—one that Quintin shows can teach us how to lead from the middle. And if the way we approach leadership can help others think differently, ultimately we can create a ripple effect of empathy, compassion, kindness, and a sense of purpose for our life’s work. 

So much to learn!

Some extra information before you go...

The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington.

Connect with Brian at [email protected] or go to his website at 

https://briankbuffington.com/

He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool.

Thanks, Brian!

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https://www.transformationalleadershipsecret.com/

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Length -45:58