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Randy Harris is the Superintendent of Huntington County Community School Corporation in Huntington, Indiana. Prior to being this, he was the Superintendent of Eastern Hancock Schools for 6 ½ years.

Randy started a traditional educational career by teaching and coaching for 5 years before moving into secondary administration where he stayed for 9 years. Then his career took a turn and he spent 14 years in private business. For 8 years he traveled the country in sales, marketing and training with school technology while working for Dukane Corporation headquartered in St. Charles, IL. He then joined a small business of selling school furniture in Indiana. Finally, in 2009 Randy returned to school administration.

Randy’s educational background includes a B.A. in social studies and secondary education from Oral Roberts University, M.S. in secondary administration from Butler University, and an Ed.S. Degree in school administration and curriculum and instruction from Indiana University.   Randy Harris Show Highlights

• Be a lifelong learner
• What he learned about leadership interviewing some superstars in his community
• Steps to effective delegation
• 3 ingredients to building trust
• What new skills he needed as a superintendent
• Why he left sales to return to school leadership
• Guard against making decisions too quickly
• They are talking to the chair
• Find a mentor

  Resources   Sign-up to chat if a mastermind is right for you   Drive by Daniel Pink   Leadership Axioms by Bill Hybels   Contact Randy Harris     Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.     

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Derek McCoy has been fortunate in his career to have had some great experiences and made a difference helping kids grow and achieve. He's served urban and rural schools/districts as reading specialist, math teacher, curriculum facilitator, middle and high school assistant principal, middle school principal and director of curriculum and innovation.

Derek McCoy's career goal is to be a part of school/district leading and learning team that will promote innovative and difference-making learning and teaching practices that result in student and teacher growth! Continuing his growth and development is a large part of him diving into his PLN and committing to helping other build their networks. Derek's family, friends and PLN have been instrumental in his success and impact. This includes being honored with such recognitions as a 2014 NASSP Digital Principal and one of 25 NC Educators to Follow on Twitter.

Everything Derek does is about improving learning and teaching, making a difference in his school, district, PLN and [to paraphrase a quote from Gandhi] to be the change he wants to see in the world and education.

Derek McCoy show highlights

• Derek’s definition of an incredible school leader
• Inspect what you Expect
• Be intentional building relationships
• Developing “My Understandings” group norms
• Why conflict is healthy 
• Leadership can be a lonely road
• What colors & flexible spaces have to do with smiling students
• Engagement vs Empowerment (and Genius Hour)

Resources   Engagement vs Empowerment article
Connect with Derek on Twitter The Advantage Essentialism The Enemies of Excellence   Connect     Engagement vs Empowerment article   Connect with Derek on Twitter   Check out Derek’s website   Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.     

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Fran McGreevy has 42 years of experience as an educator - 30 years in high schools as a teacher (social studies & religion), Assistant Principal & coach - 12 years as a middle school principal.  Fran worked his first 23 years in private schools and the last 19 years in public schools - all in the Western New York Area. After all of these years Fran is hungry to understand learning & the conditions under which it is most likely to occur and how we can create those conditions.

Fran McGreevy is the husband of an amazing women Anne (she just published her first children's book) and the father of 4 children of whom he is so proud.  They have provided him and Anne with 10 wonderful grandchildren.  Finally, Fran is the president of a new corporation, "Root-Ed  Leadership & Learning" who hosted our first conference this past July in Buffalo.

 

Fran McGreevy Highlights

• why he loves the high school scene
• how to see something in other people
• leadership by caring
• how to appreciate each other and relate in positive ways 
• take charge of your time
• the tough guy approach doesn’t work ...
• be true to yourself
• story of starting Root-Ed Leadership and Learning
• what do you love?
• how to bring energy to your staff

  Resources   Malachi Pentecost   Creativity Inc   Procrastinate on Purpose   Learn more about the masterminds   Adam Grant: Originals   Steven Pressfield: The War of Art   Seth Godin: What to Do When It’s Your Turn    Christina Maslach: The Truth about Burnout     Contact Fran McGreevy   Fran’s Website (Root-Ed)   Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.     

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John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of EOFire, an award winning Podcast where he interviews today's most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. JLD has interviewed over 1200 Entrepreneurs and EOFire generates  over 1 million monthly listens. John's latest project is The Freedom Journal; a  gorgeous leather bound journal that guides you in accomplishing your #1 goal in 100 days. Launched on Kickstarter, it raised 453k in 33 days and became the #6 most funded publishing project of all time. You can learn more at TheFreedomJournal.com.   Show Highlights  

• The story behind starting EoFire
• The lights aren’t always green
• Magic happens outside your comfort zone
• The moment in his life when he knew he most take action
• How he would build a school as an entrepreneur
• His favorite memory in school
• Ripple effect and leadership

  Resources   The One Thing by Keller and Papasan   The Freedom Journal Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.     

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Lily has been in education for over 25 years. She has taught students ages 0-adult and has been a student of leadership for over 16 years. She has servedas a CEO of an early intervention agency, a director of a charter school, and a program director for a Pre-K school. She currently teaches and supervises Student-Teachers at Hofstra University, where she completed her Advanced Certification in Educational Leadership.  Lily is a certified John Maxwell Team (JMT) Leadership Coach, Teacher & Speaker.  She is the creator and host of Master Leadership, a podcasts that takes listeners on a journey towards greater significance.    Highlights:

• Why servant leadership is a must
• How Super-storm Cuomo impacted her life
• The story of starting her podcast, Master Leadership
• The power of asking great questions
• How are you invest in yourself
• Develop your emotional intelligence
• Trust is a choice

  Resources   Lily’s podcast and coaching services   Asana    The 21 irrefutable laws of leadership     Connect   Listen to Lily’s podcast   Check out Lily’s website       Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact. 

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Adriane Hanes is an amazing educator. She has worked as a college counselor Marian Catholic HS, a coordinator for the academic center and IB program at Morgan Park, and as a counselor at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep in Chicago, IL.   Last year she helped less than 200 students earn over $26 million in scholarships.   Highlights from the episode:  

• What an awesome college experience looks like
• People first attitude and how to form relationships
• Sometimes people just want to be heard
• What principals can do to connect with staff
• Are you watching what people don’t do or don’t say?
• Take time for yourself
• The key steps she took to help ~200 students earn more than $26 million in scholarship awards
• Measure and provide incentives through healthy competition
• How to celebrate Seniors through College Signing Day

  Resources   The Other Wes Moore   Contact Adriane

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Maureen Blaha is the executive director of the National Runaway Safeline (NRS), an organization with the mission to keep America’s runaway, homeless and at-risk youth safe and off the streets.   According to NRS’ most recent Crisis Connection Trend Report that high-lights emerging trends on youth in crisis, the number of online chats doubled and the crisis connections increased by 20 percent from 2014 to 2015. Maureen Blaha, NRS’ executive director, talks about what this increase in crisis connections means and dive into the trends revealed, such as the reasons youth run away, how long they’re on the streets, where they go, what their means of survival are, and so much more.   Maureen Blaha Highlights

• History of National Runaway Safeline
• How to identify warning signs that a child is thinking about running away
• What parents and educators can do when children are thinking of running away
• NRS' Free Runaway Prevention Curriculum
• Become a NRS Street Team Member
• Leaders are listeners

  Resources   Grab your free Runaway Prevention Curriculum   Call the National Runaway Safeline Hotline   Become a street team member   Somebody’s daughter: Julian Sher    

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Katie Martin works with districts and individual schools to facilitate teacher innovation through sustained, personalized professional learning. With a focus on developing the global competencies of all students, Katie works with instructional leaders to support and empower teachers to integrate technology and transform learning, teaching, and leading.

  Prior to joining USD, Katie Martin spent 10 years in Hawai’i on the Leeward Coast of O’ahu. teaching middle school English language arts and was the school based literacy coach. Katie continued as a new teacher mentor and coordinator of district programs to support and retain effective teachers.   Katie Martin Highlights:

• how a decreased interest in education led to a career in education
• the importance of choice in the classroom for all involved
• the importance of designing curriculum for the students you have in front of you
• the keys to empowering your staff and students
• difference between not showing up and getting out of the way
• creating an “open door” culture so teachers can learn from each other
• share more student work
• push through the fear … start the process
• the importance of highlighting the positives and growth
• focus on people’s strengths 

  Resources:   Strength Finders 2.0 Innovators Mindset - George Couros Follow Katie on Twitter Katie’s Website Katie’s TEDx Talk

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The Dynamic Duo is here! Jeff Veal & Nathan Lang join me on the show to discuss the idea behind starting #leadupchat 7 LeadUpNow.

#Leadupchat is my favorite Twitter chat. It happens every single Saturday 8:30-9:30 am CST.

Show Highlights

• why every educator needs a voice
• how to empower educators on their campus
• what’s next for LeadUp
• people are hungry for connection
• do your people feel valued, loved, cared for, heard?
• focus on value not numbers
• importance of community
• the power of “YES"
• go ahead and work 24/7 … you still won’t get it all done
• stick with your true north
• people don’t need your next great idea … celebrate what is happening right now!

Resources

LeadUpNow Website

What great principals do differently - Todd Whitaker   The principal - Michael Fullan   Multipliers - Liz Wiseman   Follow Jeff Veal   Follow Nathan Lang Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.   Follow Me and Get Behind the Scenes Access on SNAPCHAT!!!  

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Connie Hamilton is an admitted curriculum geek.  She's been seen with Fisher and Frey in her hands at the beach during summer break, using her store of knowledge and life lessons to synthesize new perspectives and make connections that deepen understanding of complex pedagogical applications.   Connie never outgrew her 4-year old mindset of asking question after question.  As a 20+ year veteran in the educational field, Connie excels at using her communication skills, masterfully using effective questioning to clarify situations and distill information and data fundamental to the creation of logical, thorough, and realistic solutions.

• The “look at me I have all the answers” leadership model didn’t work
• Why questions are more valuable than answers
• How to ask better questions
• If you want to build great teams do this ____
• How Connie finds untapped resources in her people
• Why Connie would tell herself “shut-up” as a novice principal
• Connie’s new book that is coming out ...
• Be faithful to your calendar
• Focus on impacting the individual
• The problem in education is that everything works

  Resources    Hacking Homework by Connie Hamilton & Starr Sackstein (available end of Oct 2016)   Connect   Follow Connie on Twitter   Visit Connie’s website     Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.   Follow Me and Get Behind the Scenes Access on SNAPCHAT!!!  

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