Kina Mallard discusses leadership tactics and productivity strategies for school leaders from her deep experience in higher education.

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9:40 - Education can be transactional or transformational
12:00 - Be a good communicator
13:15 - 15 seconds of eye contact will allow the person to feel heard
14:09 - Whiners and complainers rarely get tapped for leadership
15:20 - Always take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves
18:45 - You can never communicate enough
19:52 - Being authentic is sharing of yourself and sharing what you can
20:15 - Parker Palmer
21:00 - Leadership is ATTITUDE, COMPETENCE & ENERGY with HEART
23:00 - Great schools are: Focused on their students; Driven by excellence; Fueled by creativity; Committed to continual improvement
24:00 - Teachers have an opportunity every day to change somebody's life
27:20 - Inside Higher Ed
30:00 - K12 Leaders are instilling in students the desire to want to learn more
30:40 - John Grisham
31:40 - Kevin Eastman - "Be there before you get there"
31:53 - Doc Rivers
33:00 - You have to be noticed to be tapped as a leader
33:30 - Surround yourself with balcony people
34:30 - Find a mentor
35:00 - Be proud of your profession and of the work you are doing
37:00 - The One Minute Manager
37:30 - Get out more
38:30 - Have a plan for your day
38:50 - Protect your schedule
39:30 - Tackle the tasks you dread first
40:00 - Know your rhythm
40:35 - Delegate anything you can delegate
40:45 - Don't be a slave to email
42:00 - Sometimes "Good enough" is good enough
43:00 - Hal Elrod | The Miracle Morning
46:00 - International Coaching Federation
46:00 - Chris Holmes
47:00 - School Culture Fit: How to Align Students, Parents and Faculty Under One Common Purpose by Matt Trammell
47:45 - Education should be better valued
49:50 - Leaders want to grow leaders

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Aubrey Bursch of Easy School Marketing Website shares insights on what the best schools are doing to continue to move forward through all kinds of adversity and how the best leaders are supporting their schools.

Marketing is like a puzzle

Leaders listen and make tough decisions

The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick M. Lencioni 

What does the market want & need and how can you serve them?

If you're trying to serve everybody - you're serving nobody

When you have a community with a shared mission and you're all working toward a common goal and purpose-it shows!

We're all in this to help our students

There's a big disconnect between what a school thinks their brand is and what everyone else is talking about their brand

Schools need to be authentic

Some people think a brand is you said it and it's good

How many mistakes did you make today because you are on your way to learning some more

Find a mentor and mentor others

Daniel Amen

Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers by Jay Baer

Never Lose a Customer Again: Turn Any Sale into Lifelong Loyalty in 100 Days by Joey Coleman

A leader is not a position - it is a mindset

Serve and help & listen and be kind

Get to know everyone

No job is beneath you

Knowing all the positions, knowing the people in them and respecting them is huge

Set boundaries

Being a leader does not mean you always have to be right

Educators are shaping the future generations - that's one of the most important jobs EVER!

Teach life skills

Every child should have a chance at a great education

Education is one of the most important things we have in this world right now

Audible

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Tom Darlow - Head of Lower School at Seattle Country Day School provides a ton of great advice on how school leaders can excel in school administration.

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British International School of Boston

Atlanta International School

Find an IB World School - International Baccalaureate®

Holton-Arms | Independent College-preparatory School

What is SEL?

5 Steps To De-escalation

The Nueva School

Responsive Classroom

It should be a red flag if you have not been in a classroom in a few days

Exercise your empathy muscle

If my email inbox is full, it's been a good day

Manage to filter the background noise

Use systems thinking

React or respond

The most important thing: A school leader must be fearless - but do it with a big heart

Schools should live and breathe their mission

A gifted faculty is the backbone of the school

Schools should be distinguished from other schools

When I don't like something, I catch that and hold on to it

Carney Sandoe Leadership Institute

JoAnn Deak, Ph.D.

Learn from negative emotions - How can I do it better next time

The New York Times

Always read an article you naturally wouldn't read

The Marshall Memo

Edutopia

Leadership Freak --- Dan Rockwell on LinkedIn

Focus on your North Star

Education will take care of itself if students feel emotionally and physically safe

Always stay calm

Choose your words carefully. Every single word matters

The Office (US) --- The Office (UK)

Teaching through inquiry

SEL should be a core subject

Genius of the AND - Jim Collins

Tom emailed me after the episode was recorded and wanted to add The Educator's Notebook as a trusted resource

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Yes! Schools and a Silicon Valley powerhouse have little in common, but Matt extracts several key leadership concepts from No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings that you can apply to your school!

Leadership Principles
1 - Give Candid Feedback Constantly
     - Build Trust and Develop a Culture of Constant Feedback
2 -  Lead with Context and Not Command
3 - Talent Density is a Multiplier

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Brian O'Connell started his Head of School duties at Lawrence Woodmere Academy just days before the COVID-19 shutdown! Brian's depth of knowledge is shown in his process building to maximize student engagement and getting teams focused on the common goal.

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Brian O'Connell, Founding Principal of Scholars' Academy reveals his secrets!

Did You Ever Think About Surrendering Your Classroom To The Students?

You have to deal with the reality you're in - not the reality you want.

Success with Platoon Mentality

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

There needs to be a Pursuit of Equity that does not Compromise Excellence

Help Every Student Find His or Her Next Highest Potential

Sword of Damocles

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Lessons Matt learned on how you can run a better school from Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Program by Urban Meyer

Leadership Principles:
1 - In moments of testing, we do not rise to the level of our talent - we rise or fall to the level of our preparation
2 - Do we hold ourselves and our teams to an "Above The Line" standard
3 - E + R = O

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How can your school benefit from the experience of a world-leading Hotelier? Find out as Matt dives deep into Excellence Wins: A No-Nonsense Guide to Becoming the Best in a World of Compromise by Horst Schulze to uncover top leadership principles!

1 - Get inside your customer's head, know what they want then exceed the meeting of those needs
2 - Complaints are opportunities
3 - Seek growth over perfection

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Farrell Thomas on Twitter - @TecKnowledgeY55

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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't  by Simon Sinek

"Experience gives perspective,
Humility allows opportunity,
Failure creates motivation,
Hope inspires change,
Leadership develops courage"

"A more educated society is a better society"


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Just a short casual conversation between Matt & Kevin regarding the upcoming episodes and the future of the podcast.

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Matt finds the best leadership principles to help lead your school from  Amaze Every Customer Every Time: 52 Tools for Delivering the Most Amazing Customer Service on the Planet by Shep Hyken

Principles uncovered by Matt:
1 - Create moments of magic
2 - After creating moments of magic - every person you interact with is a customer
3 - Moments of magic leave clues

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