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Learning Curve – Leadership Shorts
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 5
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Episode 5 takes the debate from Episode 4 — systems vs. expectations — and shows what leadership actually looks like when both truths collide in real life.
You’ll hear how leaders work through complex decisions with their teams through a grounded conversation with a sitting superintendent.
Leaders honor district values. They navigate legal and ethical guardrails. Leaders address competing stakeholder needs. They also design a “third path” when one side alone won’t solve the problem.
This episode is powerful for superintendents, principals, and leadership teams. It is also insightful for policymakers and anyone who wants to understand how leaders make decisions when the stakes are high and the truths are competing.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 5
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Episode 5 takes the debate from Episode 4 — systems vs. expectations — and shows what leadership actually looks like when both truths collide in real life.
You’ll hear how leaders work through complex decisions with their teams through a grounded conversation with a sitting superintendent.
Leaders honor district values. They navigate legal and ethical guardrails. Leaders address competing stakeholder needs. They also design a “third path” when one side alone won’t solve the problem.
This episode is powerful for superintendents, principals, and leadership teams. It is also insightful for policymakers and anyone who wants to understand how leaders make decisions when the stakes are high and the truths are competing.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.
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By James CrawfordLearning Curve – Leadership Shorts
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 5
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Episode 5 takes the debate from Episode 4 — systems vs. expectations — and shows what leadership actually looks like when both truths collide in real life.
You’ll hear how leaders work through complex decisions with their teams through a grounded conversation with a sitting superintendent.
Leaders honor district values. They navigate legal and ethical guardrails. Leaders address competing stakeholder needs. They also design a “third path” when one side alone won’t solve the problem.
This episode is powerful for superintendents, principals, and leadership teams. It is also insightful for policymakers and anyone who wants to understand how leaders make decisions when the stakes are high and the truths are competing.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.
Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together
Excerpt from Episode 5
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Episode 5 takes the debate from Episode 4 — systems vs. expectations — and shows what leadership actually looks like when both truths collide in real life.
You’ll hear how leaders work through complex decisions with their teams through a grounded conversation with a sitting superintendent.
Leaders honor district values. They navigate legal and ethical guardrails. Leaders address competing stakeholder needs. They also design a “third path” when one side alone won’t solve the problem.
This episode is powerful for superintendents, principals, and leadership teams. It is also insightful for policymakers and anyone who wants to understand how leaders make decisions when the stakes are high and the truths are competing.
Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.