Recognize and Reward Success: Value and Appreciate People Working Together to Get Results.  We often hear leaders ask, “How can I keep [...]

HOW ARE THE STUDENTS? As leaders make difficult decisions to create the best possible conditions for learning during constant change and [...]

Achieving results requires building a certain level of trust with those you lead. Trust is created when leaders consistently share the direction [...]

In this Accelerate Your Performance podcast episode, Dr. Janet Pilcher invites Dr. Angela Bush, principal of Erwin Middle School in Birmingham, [...]

How well does your team execute on improvement plans? Don’t plan just to plan. Bring improvement plans to life by monitoring, adjusting and reflecting.

HOW CAN WE SUPPORT STUDENT AND ADULT LEARNING? When was the last time you tried something new? New experiences such as tasting foreign cuisine or [...]

At the 12th annual WRIE conference, the Difference Maker Award, a nationwide recognition of bold leadership, was given to two honored K-12 [...]

What makes a great executive team? Think about your own team. How do they perform? How do you help them grow to their maximum capacity? Did you [...]

Communicate at all Levels: People know why what they do matters. It’s not just approaching it with intentionality but focused intentionality [...]

Align Behaviors with Goals and Values: Apply consistent practices to move the organization in a positive direction. As each principle works [...]

A case study on how the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District leadership team approached their ailing culture with feedback from all [...]

USE AN ASSET-BASED APPROACH FOR POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT It’s our mission as educators to keep students engaged and accelerate learning. We strive to [...]

In creating a culture for educational excellence, Muskego-Norway school district has hardwired the processes that feed alignment, accountability [...]

IT’S POSSIBLE TO BALANCE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT If there is only one lesson we could all learn from a [...]

Join Dr. Janet Pilcher as she interviews Dr. Jennifer Lowery from the Tea Area School District to dig into the core principle of Reward and [...]

Be Accountable: Commit to individual accountability to achieve organizational goals. When we align individual goals to organizational goals, we [...]

The most successful organizations have proactive leaders who focus on maximizing their own performance, which influences results throughout their [...]

Institutions and community organizations have a unique opportunity for greater collaboration as they navigate similar challenges while leading change.

Join Dr. Janet Pilcher as she interviews Mr. Al Betry of CESA 9 to discuss the strategies he uses to drive improvement, achieve remarkable [...]

One district's shift to an inclusion model for special education services has resulted in success for students, teachers, and leaders.

SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH COMMUNITY COLLABORATION Times of crisis can bring out the best or the worst in people and organizations. How successfully we [...]

In this episode of the Accelerate Your Performance podcast, Janet invites two leaders who exhibit the first principle in the Nine Principles [...]

HOW CAN WE KEEP STUDENTS SAFE AND ON TRACK AS WE START A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR? The start of this school year has been unfamiliar to us all – [...]

In this episode of the Accelerate Your Performance Podcast, Dr. Janet Pilcher invites Jon Malone, Regional Director and Chief Executive for the [...]

Four years ago… you couldn’t get a group of people in the room to have a shared conversation and understanding about who we were, [...]

In this Accelerate Your Performance Podcast, Dr. Janet Pilcher invites Dr. Ryan Carpenter, Superintendent of the Estacada School District, to [...]

How Can Organizations Set Themselves Apart? Effective, transparent leadership combined with a culture that’s focused on purpose is the key to [...]

Measure the Important Things: Continuously track progress to achieve results with an improvement mindset. How do we know if a change or decision [...]

GRATITUDE IS A GAME CHANGER Think about the last time you received a thank you note. It probably felt good, right? When we are thanked it makes [...]

Develop Leaders to Develop People: Coach people to be their best at work. Recently, Gallup reported that engagement levels in the US have reached [...]

Dr. Janet Pilcher invites Amy Mikesell, principal of Estacada High School, and Kate Dean, instructional coach, as guests on this episode of the [...]

Northwestern Illinois Association embarked on a new journey to increase their value. These are the steps they took to create a culture of [...]

Using Data to Inform Division, Department and Individual Action Plans In celebrating and highlighting the great work in the Hopkins County [...]

Good performance management practices are key to the success of an organization. Performance management skills, particularly having effective [...]

When organizations take an honest look at where they have the greatest oportunity for improvement, they take a real step toward making continuous [...]

In this Accelerate Your Performance podcast episode, Dr. Janet Pilcher welcomes Dale Shaver, Director of the Waukesha County Department of Parks [...]

Consistent communication and connections with employees through leader huddles and rounding increase employee engagement and keep teams focused [...]

INTEGRATING LOCAL CULTURE TO INCREASE STUDENT LEARNING Are culture and context of learning really that important? Yes, absolutely! Yet in [...]

Dr. Brendan Kelly, host of Off the Cuff Podcast and President of the University of West Georgia, recently invited Dr. Janet Pilcher as a guest on [...]

Dr. Michael Barnes, Superintendent of Mayfield City Schools, shares insights on building trust, redefining success, and implementing innovative [...]

Showing your team members you care about them as individuals and value their great work is a powerful way to boost morale and increase employee [...]

Start the week with a story of inspiration in education and a few tools to support excellence.

 IMPACT IN THE INTERIM From 2013 until 2019, University of West Georgia President, Dr. Kyle Marrero, led the University to achieve records in [...]

In this Accelerate Your Performance podcast episode, Dr. Janet Pilcher invites Nannette Johnston, former Studer Education Leader Coach and 2014 [...]

Not everything we do has the same outcome.  We can only take so many steps in a day; we need to make sure they are all the right steps. [...]

Join us as Dr. Janet Pilcher sits down with Mr. Rob Clayton of Warren County Public Schools for a compelling conversation about accountability, [...]

Sand Creek Zone strives to provide quality education by developing tools and systems that allow their staff to focus on the people they serve. By [...]

Would you like to strengthen communication within your organization? Listen along as Dr. Ryan Carpenter of the Estacada School District discusses [...]

Good leaders make it a priority to hear from their people. However, in most workplaces, people don’t feel heard. According to Gallup data, three [...]

Those in service-oriented fields are driven by their core values, which keep them on target. It can be easy to get bogged down and forget how [...]

As school leaders prepare for the possibility of resuming classes virtually this fall, another process going virtual is hiring. In this climate [...]

To execute continuous improvement well, continuous learning is a must. Learn how a school district used disruption as the greatest innovator to [...]

At the 11th annual WRIE conference, the Difference Maker Award, a nationwide recognition of bold leadership, was given to three honored K-12 [...]

Build a Culture Around Service: Connect services to organizational values. Organizations aren’t providing excellent service by accident. The [...]

Strong leaders are highly familiar with data. Data helps us achieve our goals, become better drivers of change, and expands our understanding of [...]

Commit to Excellence: Set high expectations to achieve results while living out mission and values Cultures are built by setting expectations, [...]

Before joining Studer Education as partners on their continuous improvement journey, Superintendent Ryan Carpenter and his team at Estacada [...]

Many organizations struggle with performance management. Differentiating staff is the first step for leaders to be able to properly have [...]

A school in crisis was turned around by a dedicated leadership team led by Principal Dr. Angela Bush who was committed to encouraging cultural [...]

Focus on Priorities Action planning is the process where leaders engage in collective conversations with their teams to gain insights on [...]

Join Dr. Janet Pilcher as she engages in a conversation with Dr. Shelly Viramontez, Superintendent, and Ms. Whitney Holton, Associate [...]

A very different school environment is right around the corner. As schools and organizations prepare for reentry, communication around the [...]

A NOVEL APPROACH TO FAMILIAR CHALLENGES: CREATING A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK Situated in rural California, Tulare County faced some challenges that [...]

A MULTI-YEAR IMPROVEMENT FOCUSED APPROACH Based on the average human lifespan, most students will spend 60 years beyond their K-12 education. [...]

Most leaders want to be more successful than they were yesterday and are always searching for ways to improve. Some organizations exceed results [...]

HOW CAN WE COMMUNICATE WITH PURPOSE TO INCREASE MOTIVATION? One of the many benefits of working in education and service organizations is the [...]

USING A SINGLE PILLAR SCORECARD TO DRIVE SUCCESS Jefferson County School District in Alabama serves over 36,000 students and is the second [...]

I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS AS WELL IF WE DIDN’T HAVE SOME FOUNDATIONAL PIECES FOR US TO GO BACK TO. – Dr. Natalie [...]

Focus on Employee Engagement: Attend to aspirations and desires in the workplace. What makes an organization a “best place to work”? The [...]

6 TIPS TO ALIGN COMMUNICATION The demands of the external environment in 2020 have forced leaders to make quick decisions to prioritize the [...]

Dr. Janet Pilcher interviews Superintendent Dr. Christi Barrett, of Hemet Unified School District in Hemet, California, on this Accelerate Your [...]

Sharing a spirit of collaboration, focusing on continuous improvement, and connecting with the work are crucial actions for how Christian County [...]

When Dr. Brendan Kelly arrived on the University of South Carolina Upstate scene to serve as chancellor, he quickly identified the need to [...]

This year, we are proud to share that three superintendents from our partner organizations have been named Superintendent of the Year in Arizona, [...]

Join us for part two of Dr. Janet Pilcher’s thought-provoking conversation with Superintendent Rob Clayton of Warren County Public Schools. In [...]

Dave Kline, Superintendent of the Colton School District in Oregon, shares an inspiring journey from skepticism to success with the [...]

Featured in this episode of the Accelerate Your Performance podcast is Superintendent Matt Hillmann of the Northfield Public School System in [...]