This week, I have my dear friend, colleague, and financial coach Nicole Stork-Hestad on the show because I want all of you listening to gain comfort when it comes to money. I’ve been coaching a lot over the last few months on the fear many school leaders experience around their professional budgets, and especially if you’re a new leader, you need to get comfortable with all the layers of your budgets.

Nicole Stork-Hestad is a money coach who helps her clients create comfortable, safe, and meaningful relationships around money. She’s here to discuss how getting comfortable with your professional budgeting is some of the most important work you can do, and how doing so transfers over to your personal finances as well.

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This is the time of year when professional development starts coming up more and more. Teachers are rolling their eyes when they think about participating in PD because they typically experience the same thing year after year. So, in this episode, we’re discussing how you can approach PD in a way that gets your teachers hyped.

It’s common among teachers to think that professional development training is something they have to endure as part of returning for a new school year. But the truth is, it doesn’t have to be this way. Right now, they have a set of thoughts about PD, as does your district, and I’m sure you have some of your own thoughts about all of it. So, it’s time to try something new.

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Today’s episode is very special because we’re honoring and celebrating the end of the year. I’m joined by a few of my clients this week, and they’re here to celebrate everything they’ve accomplished over the past school year, acknowledging their successes big and small, and reflecting on how they got there.

Celebrating and honoring yourself is an incredibly valuable practice. Your job is not easy and nobody around you is going to appreciate exactly what you’ve been through, so it’s time to take the lead and celebrate everything you are, and Amy, Erika, Jena, and Wendy are here to show you how.

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This month, I’m taking some time to talk to you about coaching your teachers and coachability in general, and I want to set you up for success in creating your vision for the start of the next school year. So this week, I’m going to help you set the tone for the year by discussing the value of trust.

Having trust in your teachers is so important, and them trusting you is vital in creating the best environment for your students. Trust is an essential muscle that you as the leader of your school need to build up, both trusting others and trusting yourself. Believe me, when you do the work I’m sharing today, the impact it will have on your leadership and results will be truly mind-blowing.

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Today, I’m bringing you an interview with one of my amazing clients: first-year principal Amy. This podcast was recorded on the first anniversary of our first coaching session. So, we’re talking about her experience as a first-year school leader with a coach in her corner.

Amy has had the most successful first school year of any leader I’ve ever coached, and it’s a real tribute to her and her dedication to applying the coaching work to her everyday. We coached on even the smallest situations, and it’s transformed the trajectory of her school-leadership experience.

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