{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Assistant Principal Podcast","title":"8 Actions to Lift People Up","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2571,"description":"Today’s episode is inspired by a book study I did last week with 25 building and district school leaders. The focus of the book study was stage 5 of A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose, which is all about 5-minute coaching. We began with celebrationWe did 5-minute coachingWe reflected in small groupsWe recapped in a large groupWe took 15 minutes (!) for our closing circleParticipants left feeling grounded, connected, and hopeful. I left wanting to dig more deeply into what happened, and to identify some important things we can consistently do as leaders to help those around us. To help me do that, I’ve asked Mara Buskey to come onto the show. It’s been a while since Mara was on – she is now 26 (off my health insurance) and has her own business helping entrepreneurs move from chaos to clarity. Mara’s undergraduate degrees are in women and gender studies, global studies, and Spanish language. Those educational experiences and her own empathetic disposition give her a unique ability to understand how our emotions and work inform each other, and I think that makes her a perfect guest for today’s show on 8 actions we can take to lift people up.Celebrations:The Big IdeaTurbulence exacerbates urgent leadership (tasks) but requires greater degree of strategic leadership (people)People are impacted by turbulence to the whole organization, parts of the organization, and their own livesRoles of leadership in turbulent times:Provide stability (the rock in the storm)Realistic optimism: drawing on our values, faith, trust, and determinationConfronting the brutal reality: defining and naming the problem, not just the symptomsExpressing our values, even as they are under attack8 Simple things to do:Create an internal mantra that puts people firstSurvival first, growth secondCommunityCelebrate (together) everything, no matter how smallTake time for the close (and for community)Primary function of meetings during turbulence is building communityOpenings and closings are...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R9NMe_5dyHuYObgJIvbL7uDONkSHVV41r7Q-QyBj5Y8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1MDYzLzE2MzEx/ODcxMjItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}