
What can Leaders Learn from Architects? | A Conversation with Phil Idle
This episode explores what happens when school leaders stop starting a building project with a room count and start with a harder question…
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This episode explores what happens when school leaders stop starting a building project with a room count and start with a harder question…
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This week, we're revisiting a favourite from the archives. Shane sits down with Katharine Birbalsingh, founder and headmistress of…
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When a teacher in South Carolina hit 86% on a goal she had set for herself, her school moved off the state's lowest-performing list and…
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Ever sat in a meeting watching one person take over while everyone else goes quiet, and had no idea how to step in? Shane tackles exactly…
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Ask a teacher how many people looked at their exercise books last year and you might be surprised by the number. Tyrone Ruth counted his:…
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This is a bonus episode. Every last Thursday of the month, Shane sits down with Chris Scorer to pick apart the themes from the month's…
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Seventeen weeks into writing a weekly newsletter on LinkedIn, Shane has landed on a simple but powerful idea: leadership levers. This…
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This week, we're revisiting a favourite from the archives, recorded back when this podcast was still called Global Ed Leaders. Shane sits…
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Zaretta Hammond wants school leaders to stop treating change as a straight line. In this conversation, the author of Culturally Responsive…
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Most schools pour resources into developing brilliant teachers and then promote those same people into management roles with almost no…
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technique called three-point communication that changes the physical dynamic of feedback conversations before a single word is spoken.…
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This is a bonus episoded. Join us every month for Education Leaders Live, where we explore key insights from our recent podcast episodes,…
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