Accelerate Your Performance Podcast

In Accelerate Your Performance, Employee Engagement, Organizational Excellence, Podcast, Process Improvement

Posted November 3, 2025

EP412: Stop the Blame Cycle: 3 Steps to Process Improvement

Recurring problems demand a shift in focus. In this final rapid-fire episode, Dr. Janet Pilcher shares three essential steps to move away from blame and toward process improvement.

By Studer Education

In Accelerate Your Performance, Cultural Transformation, Engagement, Organizational Excellence, Podcast

Posted October 27, 2025

EP411: Cut Through the Noise: 3 Steps to Build Board and Community Trust

External noise is a constant, yet you can be a source of stability and trust. In this episode, Dr. Janet Pilcher shares three actionable steps educational leaders can take to proactively share their story and build strong allies.

By Studer Education

In Accelerate Your Performance, Cultural Transformation, Employee Engagement, Organizational Excellence, Podcast, Recruit and Retain

Posted October 20, 2025

EP410: Retention Is Your Strategy: 3 Leader Actions to Secure Talent

In this second rapid-fire episode, Dr. Janet Pilcher shares three intentional executive actions to help leaders secure their best people and create a culture where staff want to stay.

By Studer Education

In Accelerate Your Performance, Measurement and Analysis, Organizational Excellence, Podcast, Strategy and Innovation

Posted October 13, 2025

EP409: The Precision Budget: 3 Steps to Protect What’s Important

In the first of four rapid-fire episodes, Dr. Janet Pilcher delivers three essential steps educational leaders can take right now to protect their mission and secure their future.

By Studer Education

In Accelerate Your Performance, Employee Engagement, Kentucky, Measurement and Analysis, Partner Recognition, Podcast, Process Improvement, Strategy and Innovation

Posted October 6, 2025

EP408: Use Feedback to Unlock Operational Excellence

Join Dr. Janet Pilcher as she welcomes Joseph Murley, Director of Finance for Barren County School District, to discuss how a district-wide survey revealed a surprising breakdown in the district's online fundraising system.

By Studer Education

In Accelerate Your Performance, Continuous Improvement, Leadership Development, Leadership Fundamentals, Podcast

Posted September 29, 2025

EP407: Getting 1% Better Every Day

Visions in Education, a charter school serving nine counties across Northern California, is thriving. Listen as Chief Operations Officer, Tom Tafoya, discusses their evolution to meet the changing needs of their students and families in their unique online environment.

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