Use failure to create wins.
Establishing a system of continuous improvement doesn’t have to be complicated. Our partner, Ryan Carpenter shares how the Estacada School District started slow to go fast while implementing Evidence-Based Leadership℠. Hear how their team improved results by developing deeper relationships and including community voices. While there is no playbook for leaders right now, in this episode, Ryan discusses how you can be the best for your team and reflects over his district’s first year using an improvement framework.
This episode addresses questions, such as:
- What is the value of practicing conversations and using data before holding people accountable for measures?
- Why is it so important to fail?
- How can we start using an evidence-based leadership framework?
To hear Ryan talk about how his team started the continuous improvement process go back and listen to his first interview, episode 97 Continous Improvement: Where do You Start?
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