{"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. \nWe began with celebration\nWe did 5-minute coaching\nWe reflected in small groups\nWe recapped in a large group\nWe took 15 minutes (!) for our closing circle\nParticipants 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.\n\nCelebrations:\n\nThe Big Idea\nTurbulence exacerbates urgent leadership (tasks) but requires greater degree of strategic leadership (people)\nPeople are impacted by turbulence to the whole organization, parts of the organization, and their own lives\nRoles of leadership in turbulent times:Provide stability (the rock in the storm)\nRealistic optimism: drawing on our values, faith, trust, and determination\nConfronting the brutal reality: defining and naming the problem, not just the symptoms\nExpressing our values, even as they are under attack\n\n8 Simple things to do:\nCreate an internal mantra that puts people firstSurvival first, growth second\nCommunity\nCelebrate (together) everything, no matter how small\nTake time for the close (and for community)Primary function of meetings during turbulence is building community...","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}