The Empowered Principal Podcast with Angela Kelly | The Reality of the Empowered Leadership Experience

We are celebrating reaching the milestone of 200 episodes of the podcast, and I can’t thank you enough for the support you’ve given me over the past few years. I never realized the significance and impact I could have through the podcast, sharing my leadership and coaching experience, and I could not be more honored that you’re listening. And to celebrate, I’m bringing you a conversation with some of my longest-serving clients.

I’m featuring my Empowered Principal Masterminders Dustin, Wendy, Dena, Erika, and Jena. These clients are the early adopters, and after years of working together, they’ve become experts at managing their minds around their jobs as school leaders. And they’re sharing their experiences of applying the work we do here on the podcast and in my coaching.

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The Empowered Principal Podcast with Angela Kelly | Predetermined Outcomes

Our outcomes often feel out of our control, so it’s natural that predetermined outcomes sound like something that’s not available to us. We’re taught all our lives that things happen to us. We’ve been surrounded by people who feel like victims of their circumstances and our brain has found evidence to support this notion. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

I worked with a brand-new client of mine recently, and we did some incredible work on predetermining her outcomes. So, I’m going to share her story on the podcast this week, of course with total anonymity, so you can see where you can start predetermining your outcomes too.

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The Empowered Principal Podcast with Angela Kelly | Slow Burn vs. Going Big

Why do we naturally want to play it safe? What’s the value of going after the slow burn instead of going big? And why might it actually be safer for you to start going bigger? I’ve been doing this work in my own life in terms of how I’m showing up and what I’m offering my clients, and I think it’s important that all you school leaders really consider these questions for yourselves too.

It’s okay to be in the slow burn, but convincing ourselves of this can be pretty uncomfortable at times. And the same is definitely true of going big and taking risks. But it’s so important to know which approach is going to work for you, especially during such a challenging time for our schools.

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The Empowered Principal Podcast with Angela Kelly | How to Stay Motivated

As a school leader, you spent so much time working towards reaching the goal of landing your first principal position. You thought about what it would be like and how much it meant to you, and your brain spent a lot of time in that place. However, when we’re in the job, it’s so easy to lose that focus and motivation and start to see everything that’s wrong.

Our brains want to default to what isn’t working, why we’re not good enough, and the results we’re not getting. But no matter where you are along the journey, there are always things you’re working towards that you’re yet to accomplish.

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