gcLi Leadership Podcast

Doug Lemov Part 2: The Importance of Feedback Since 2005, Doug Lemov has documented the actions of effective teachers. His transformative work has established a set of techniques, a shared vocabulary, and a framework for practice for educators across the globe.  He is the author of the best seller, Teach Like a Champion , Teaching In The Online Classroom , and others. Lemov is also  Managing Direc...

Since 2005, Doug Lemov has documented the actions of effective teachers. His transformative work has established a set of techniques, a shared vocabulary, and a framework for practice for educators across the globe.  He is the author of the best seller, Teach Like a Champion , Teaching In The Online Classroom , and others. Lemov is also  Managing Director of Uncommon Schools .  The Teach Like a Ch...

Committed to growing jobs and creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, Greg Fischer was elected Louisville's 50th mayor in 2010 -- and was sworn in for a third four-year term on January 7, 2019. Since taking office, Mayor Fischer has pursued three top goals: making Louisville a city of lifelong learning, a much healthier city and an even more compassionate community. These are t...

Erin Gruwell has earned an award-winning reputation for her steadfast commitment to the future of education. Her impact as a teacher attracted Hollywood’s attention, and in 2007, Paramount Pictures released Freedom Writers , starring two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank as Erin. The film is based on The Freedom Writers Diary , the New York Times Bestseller that chronicles Erin’s extraordinary journe...

Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom.  Over twenty years, she’s taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, The Washington Post and the New York Times and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let...

Gus Lee is a self describing  recovering coward, trains leadership teams and provides intense executive coaching for leaders who seek to act more courageously. He has provided Courageous Leading Skills Intensives to government, healthcare, fire, police, energy, Fortune 100s, high tech, military, NGOs and non-profits. He has worked in or consulted to 50 professions and industries and coached execut...

Meet Leader, Dr. Amy G. Lehman, the founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC)/WAVE. The LTFHC is an international organization whose mission is to address the problem of health care access for millions of people who live in the isolated, but strategically critical Lake Tanganyika Basin/Great Lakes region of Central Africa.  Dr. Lehman and the LTFHC were the subject of a documen...

John Hunter, an elementary school teacher in rural Virginia, created a board game for his fourth-grade students, "The World Peace Game", calling on them to resolve military,  political, economic and ecological problems.  He's the subject of an award winning documentary, "World Peace and other fourth-grade achievements" and gives one of the most celebrated Ted talks, "...