Leaning into Leadership
We all want to see successes in both our personal and professional lives. Often, that requires strong leadership. In a time when leadership can be more challenging than ever, this podcast is dedicated to cultivating leaders by elevating the voices of leaders and promoting positivity. Join Dr. Darrin Peppard, lifelong educator and best-selling author, for this mixed platform podcast (some solo, some guest interview) for inspiration and insight, and some great leadership stories from those are liv...
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Episode 302: The Work Nobody Sees - A Thank You to School Principals
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Episode 301: Building Champion Teams - Connection Before Performance with Gaby J...
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Episode 300: Leadership Lessons From the People Who Helped Shape the Journey
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Episode 299: Too Damn Happy - Building More Joy Into the Work with Phil Januszew...
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Episode 298: The Resistance Solution with Becca Silver
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Episode 297: Stop Accepting “That’s Just the Way It Is”
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Episode 296: Beyond Compliance - Building Classrooms Where Students Want to Enga...
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Episode 295: Who Takes Care of the Leader? with Melissa Doman
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Episode 294: 5 Leadership Traps to Avoid as the School Year Begins
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Episode 293: The Human Side of Leadership with Stacy Nation
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Episode 292: Why Not? A Leadership Mindset That Changes Everything
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Episode 291: Live Your Passion Out Loud
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Episode 290: Before Staff Returns
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Episode 289: The Blind Spots Holding Leaders Back
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Episode 288: Building Belonging Through Microinclusions with Tom Walls
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Episode 287: Becoming the BISON - Leading Classrooms with Intention with Kim Gam...
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Episode 286: Building the Bench - Growing the Next Generation of Leaders with Jo...
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Episode 285: The Future of School Leadership with Debra Wilson
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Episode 284: Great Schools Start with Great Leadership Teams
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Episode 283: Leadership Is the Intentional Creation of Conditions
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Episode 282: The New School Leader's Playbook with Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns
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Episode 281: Be the Light with Dr. Chris Culver
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Episode 280: Leadership in the Age of AI with Molly Rosen
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Episode 279: Burn the Script with Jo Lein
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Episode 278: Compliance Can Control a Team. Alignment Can Transform One.
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Episode 277: Redefining Educator Professionalism with Dr. Nason Lollar
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Episode 276: The Leadership TAP with Dr. Joy Karavedas
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Episode 275: From Compliance to Connection — Rethinking Classroom Engagement wit...
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Episode 274: If Everyone Was Pulling the Same Direction...
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Episode 273: Why Most School Plans Fail (And What to Do Instead)
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Episode 272: 10 Leadership Moves You Can Make This Week
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Episode 271: Planning Isn’t Enough—Here’s What to Do Before August
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Episode 270: If Your Plan Starts in August, You May Already Be Behind
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Episode 269: The Cost of Misalignment—and How to Get Your Team Back on Track
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Episode 268: When Leaders Become the Bottleneck (and How to Get Out of the Way)...
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Episode 267: Listener Question - Managing Parent Communication Without Losing Yo...
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Episode 266: Building Resilient Leaders and Teams with Russell Harvey
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Episode 265: A Textbook Isn’t a Curriculum with Emily Makelky
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Episode 264: Leadership Presence (Part 3) - The Interpersonal Work That Makes It...
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Episode 263: Leadership Presence (Part 2)- Breaking Through the Chaos
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Episode 262: Leadership Presence (Part 1) - The Hidden Cost of Leadership Distra...
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Episode 261: Reclaiming Human Connection with Joe Beckman
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Episode 260: Forward Together with George Couros - Leadership, Community, and Le...
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Episode 259: ALIGN - The Antidote to the Cycle of Chaos in Leadership Teams
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Episode 258: The Hidden Work - What Separates High Performers from Underachiever...
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Episode 257: Escaping the Cycle of Chaos
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Episode 256: Rethinking Intervention and Tutoring with Jennifer Sheffield
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Episode 255: Angry Parents, Calm Leaders - A Framework for School Leaders
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Episode 254: Hope Dealer with Dr. Mark Brown
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Episode 253: A Look Back, A Look Forward, and Trends I'm Seeing for 2026
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