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The Private School Leader Podcast

The Private School Leader Podcast exists to help you go from SURVIVING to THRIVING as you lead your school. Do you ever feel lonely and isolated in your role as a private school leader? Do you wish that you could get back to what really energizes you (making a difference in the lives of your students)? Do you want to have a long AND fulfilling career in private school education? Are you an aspiring Head of School and you want to accelerate your leadership growth? If you answered “yes” to any

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Episode 70: Have Better Meetings With Upset Parents...

The Private School Leader Podcast ·

2024/02/17

Sometimes I think that adults and children aren't all that different. Kids and adults both crave predictability and support, but we also like to have fun. Adults want people to listen to us when we talk. Kids do too. Adults are happiest when we feel safe. That's true for kids too. You may have heard of The 4 S's of Secure Attachment, by Daniel Siegel, as explained in his book The Power of Showing Up Kids want to feel safe, seen, soothed and secure. Adults are not that different. The parents

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Episode 69: The 8 Keys To Improving Your Relationship...

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2024/02/10

Zelmyra and Herbert grew up as best friends in rural North Carolina. The fell in love and got married on May 13, 1924 86 years and 290 days later, Herbert passed away in 2011. Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher hold the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage ever! Their marriage held up through “the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement and 15 presidential administrations. As you might expect, they were asked what is the secret to having

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Episode 68: 6 Ways To Make Better Decisions In High...

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2024/02/03

Have you ever made a decision that you looked back on and asked yourself, “What was I thinking?” I don’t know about you, but that has definitely happened to me and it is definitely not a good feeling. In the moment, we thought that we were making an informed, logical decision that was just dripping with common sense. But there is a reason that they say “hindsight is 20/20” and some of our decisions make us look foolish, fill us with regret and make us vow to do better the next time. As

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Episode 67: The Surprising Truth About What Really...

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2024/01/27

Why do people do what they do? What drives behavior? Why do some people train for a marathon for a year and then run it? Why do some people go to jobs that they hate, year after year for 50 years? Why do some people, in the same organization, work really hard, while others do as little as possible? Why do people do what they do? One word: motivation. During the industrial age, people were motivated by the model of the carrot (reward the behavior that you want) and the stick (punish the

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Episode 66: 7 Important Things To Remember As You...

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2024/01/20

As private school leaders we do a great job remembering certain things. We can remember the names of all of the kids in our school. We can remember a complicated bell schedule. We can even remember when the 3rd Grade teacher’s mom is having surgery. Unfortunately, we also have a really hard time remembering other things. We forget to take care of ourselves. We forget that we don’t have to get it right every single time. We forget that we don’t have to let the school take over our evenings

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Episode 65: Business Made Simple For Non-financial...

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2024/01/13

I want to tell you something that not too many people know about me. When I first went to college, I earned an Associate’s Degree in Business administration. Freshman year was when I got my lowest grade in all of my years of college: a D in Accounting 101. Not great. My weakest areas as a school leader are probably Finance and Budget Creation. Don’t get me wrong, I can get by. I made it work for 21 years as a Head of School. We always made payroll, the lights stayed on, we raised money, we

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Episode 64: The Best Leaders Avoid These 12...

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2024/01/06

I want to preview today’s episode by sharing a quote and a definition. The quote: George Bernard Shaw once said: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” The definition: Il·lu·sion (/iˈlo͞oZH(ə)n/) noun a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses. We’ve all been there. We wrap up a meeting with a parent or a teacher and we think to ourselves: “That went really well!” “We were definitely on the same page.” “I

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Episode 63: The Top 10 Leadership Nuggets of 2023

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2023/12/30

I love year end top 10 lists! This doesn’t happen as much anymore, but magazines like People and Newsweek used to come out with a special edition in mid-December. This special issue would feature the Top 10 in everything! Top 10 TV shows, movies, songs, athletes, movie stars, cars, teams, trends, words, etc. of that year. For many years, I would get one or two of these in my stocking on Christmas morning. With some extra time on my hands between Christmas and New Year’s, I would often read

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Episode 62: How To Escape Your Echo Chamber

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2023/12/23

Do you believe that the Earth is flat? I can hear what you are saying: “Mark, I'm a college graduate. I am an educator. I have common sense. NO, I don't believe the Earth is flat!” Just to be clear, I don’t believe the Earth is flat either. We’ve all heard of “flat-earthers” or The Flat Earth Society. I have always thought that this was probably a few thousand misinformed people in the world. Imagine my surprise when I saw the following statistics: As of July 2021, there were 122 YouTube

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Episode 61: 5 Ways To Multiply Your Time

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2023/12/16

I’ve never really been a fan of crossword puzzles or Sudoku or riddles. Maybe that’s because I solve problems all day long and I would rather not do it recreationally. That said, I have a riddle for you: I can't be saved, Though people try. When fun is had, They say I fly. They say I'm money: I can be spent, I can be wasted, But never lent. So, what’s the answer? Time. We all wish that we had more of it, but we all get the same 24 hours. What if I told you that there is a way to actually

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Episode 60: When Your Parents Complain, The First...

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2023/12/09

I want to tell you a secret about the parents at your school. Over the last 32 years, I have had thousands of meetings with parents. Many were in my office or on the phone, but some were on the bleachers in the Gym, in the staff parking lot or in the lobby of the school’s auditorium. My sample size of parent meetings is large. During those thousands of meetings, I have come to realize that, about 25% of the time, the first problem is not the real problem. In other words, the thing that the

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Episode 59: The 4 Biggest Lies That Most Private...

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2023/12/02

“Cigarette smoking is no more ‘addictive’ than coffee, tea or Twinkies.” —James W. Johnston, CEO of R.J. Reynolds Nabisco, April 14, 1994 before Congress “I can say categorically that… no one in the White House staff, no one in this administration, presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident.” —President Richard Nixon, discussing the Watergate burglary, August 29, 1972 These two quotes are famous for the same reason. They are two of the biggest lies ever told. Johnston’s

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Episode 58: Your Leadership Kryptonite And How To...

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2023/11/25

I was never really a big fan of Superman. I was more of a Spiderman fan when I was a kid. Of course, Spiderman was actually Peter Parker. A nerdy kid from Queens that was always studying for a test, was usually broke and had a girlfriend. He was relatable and flawed. I like my superheroes to have flaws. On the other hand, Superman was an alien from another planet. He always did the right thing and was virtually indestructible. That’s why they called him the “Man of Steel”. Indestructible,

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Episode 57: How To Create More "Friction" Between You...

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2023/11/18

When I was a kid, I used to LOVE it when it snowed. Snow days, sledding, building a snowman. So much fun! But, when I turned 16, my love affair with snow ended. That’s because I had to start driving in the white stuff. When you have a good set of snow tires and front wheel (or all wheel) drive, you can go pretty much anywhere. But, if you have a set of tires with no tread, you are going to have a bad day. It’s all about friction. As you know, friction is “the resistance that one surface or

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Episode 56: Do This When You Feel Like Giving Up

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2023/11/11

It was a Wednesday morning and I couldn’t get out of bed. I don’t mean that I was tired and didn’t FEEL like getting out of bed. I mean that I couldn’t get out of bed. I was overwhelmed and discouraged and felt a little hopeless. I felt like giving up. I didn’t go to work that day. BUT…. I did go to work the next day and the day after that. We’ve all been there. We have all felt like giving up. Overwhelmed, stuck, discouraged, heavy, disinterested, hopeless, sad, frustrated.The big question

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Episode 55: What If Your Head Of School Was A Social...

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2023/11/04

OK, I’ll admit it. This is one of the strangest episode titles that I have had on the podcast so far. I know that a lot of us roll our eyes when we hear the term “social media influencer”, because we think that term describes a lazy person who makes a lot of money for doing nothing. That might be true for some influencers, but I want to make sure that you don’t miss the point. Leadership is about influence. According to the Miriam-Webster dictionary: “The noun typically refers to the power

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Episode 54: Would you hang out with people that talk...

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2023/10/28

Would you hang out with people that talk to you the way that you talk to yourself? Stop and think about your self-talk. How do you talk to yourself when you mess up at work? How do you talk to yourself when you let work take priority over your family? My self-talk used to be bad. I have said all of these things to myself: You are a loser.” “You really have no idea what you're doing.” “You are a terrible leader.” “You are a terrible father.” “The school is more important to you than your

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Episode 53: The 5 Most Powerful Leadership Lessons...

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2023/10/21

Over the last 32 years, I’ve read a lot of great leadership books. In fact, I made a Top 10 list of leadership books and you can check those out at www.theprivateschoolleader.com/top10 #4 on that list is Atomic Habits by James Clear. This is a very special book and a very important book for private school leaders. James Clear’s book emphasizes the importance of small, consistent, incremental progress and provides actionable advice to achieve lasting behavior change. On today’s episode of

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Episode 52: The 5 Things That Are Probably True About...

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2023/10/14

There are two kinds of people in your life. If you just ate lunch and you are on your way to lead an important meeting, there are the kind of people that will tell you that you have broccoli in your teeth. And then there are the people that see the broccoli in your teeth and don’t say a word. I am a person that is going to tell you that you have broccoli in your teeth. Sometimes that means that I need to tell you some things that you don’t really want to hear. I want to tell you some things

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Episode 51: How To Significantly Increase Student...

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2023/10/07

Think back to when you were a kid. What was something that you looked forward to with great anticipation? For me it was Christmas morning and my 16th birthday. I remember when I was 6 years old, I knew that I was getting a new bike for Christmas and I literally could not wait. I also remember how badly I wanted to get my driver’s license when I turned 16. The year between my 15th and 16th birthdays actually felt more like five years. What about you? Was it a family vacation or a day at an

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