There’s a moment I still think about. I was standing in front of our school board. Slides ready. Data polished. Language precise. Huge, impactful initiative ready to share. I said the word interoperability, and I watched the room go still. Not confused. Disconnected. In that moment, I realized something uncomfortable: It wasn’t that they disagreed…
There is a moment in almost every leadership day when you realize: The work itself isn’t the hardest part. The explaining is. And explaining poorly is expensive. I felt this acutely when I discovered one of our coaches had created a “rogue” Facebook page because he was frustrated that practice schedules weren’t getting posted quickly…
I’ve sat in a lot of keynote rooms over the years. Some left me energized, and a few left me emotional. But the ones that actually changed how I showed up back at work, the ones that stayed with me, all had something in common. They weren’t built to make me feel good for just…
I didn’t set out to write a book about marketing. I set out to write a book about survival. Long before I sat in cabinet meetings or analyzed enrollment reports, I learned a lesson no teacher prep program ever mentions: when you teach an elective, your job security is directly tied to enrollment. No butts…
