This week, I’m diving into a powerful but deceptively sneaky thought most school leaders carry around with them every single day, and it’s this: “I want to make the right decision.”

Wanting to make the ‘right’ decision is a thought we hold very tightly onto, and it drives our actions in unhelpful ways that you might not see right now. It’s no surprise that believing you have to make the ‘right’ decision is leaving you frozen. So if you find yourself spinning in indecision, procrastinating, and worrying about whether or not you’re making the right decision, this episode is for you.

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What is your experience of district walkthroughs as a site leader? Whether you’ve had the more formal district walkthrough experience with clipboards and documents offering feedback, or you’ve experienced more casual interactions where it’s up to you to interpret and decipher the feedback, they often get our teachers extremely worked up.

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Do you consider it a problem when you’re on a learning curve and feel like a novice at something? What if I told you it’s incredibly valuable to be in this zone, and that the obstacles you’re facing aren’t there to punish you but exist to condition and strengthen you?

Obstacles are part and parcel of your desire to create impact, have influence, and contribute to the world in bigger and bolder ways as a school leader. You’re likely facing obstacles you could only dream of at one point in your career, and now, they’re a reality. Obstacles are a key part of the dream-come-true experience, but what’s preventing you from seeing this are your objections.

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This week, you’re hearing a clip from our second session of the Mid-Year Reboot that was centered around creating alignment. Alignment is the lens through which you make all of your decisions, and if your current school leadership experience looks like overexerting, overworking, and over-scheduling yourself, listen in.

Most school leaders are so focused on taking action and the “doing” aspect of their jobs that they don’t spend enough time cultivating the belief that the leadership experience they want is possible. If you’re craving a balanced approach to school leadership that leans more on ease, flow, and connection instead of coercion, manipulation, and force—you must first create alignment and I’m showing you how.

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You could probably think of one student right now who seems to demonstrate lazy or defiant classroom behavior. Maybe they just can’t get started on a simple worksheet, can’t get their desk organized, or turn in their homework on time. What’s going on here? And what does executive functioning have to do with it?

To illuminate what’s really going on behind challenging classroom behaviors, this week, I’m speaking to Candace Heiken: the founder of Lively Minds Institute and Cerebrate. With over 25 years in education, Candace is on a mission to cultivate independent, life-long learners through the development of executive function skills, and she’s here to share why prioritizing executive function instruction leads to an all-round win for everyone in your school community.

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