The Empowered Principal® Podcast

This week, I'm letting you in on my experience of making the decision to leave school leadership. I'm showing you why you might be feeling trapped and unhappy, how to be honest with yourself as you navigate your decision, and my three-step process for creating a solid exit plan.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/222

Discover how to create a school climate of pride, motivation, and certainty. I'm diving into what you are making test scores mean about you and your career, how to take back your mental and emotional power when it comes to tests, and some alternate thoughts that will bring you peace and calm instead.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/221

The topic of teacher buy-in comes up a lot in my coaching work, and this week, I have a story that comes directly from one of my clients that I'm using for context so you can apply what I'm sharing to your situation. Whether you're not yet confident in your decision-making as a principal, or you're unsure of how to sell your teachers on your vision, we're covering it all on this episode.   Get ful...

Listen in this week as I share my tips for making staffing decisions stress-free. I know it sounds impossible right now, but you'll discover why it could be a blessing to have teachers resign, how to involve your staff in the decision-making process, and what to consider to make the best choice for everyone.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/219

Discover how to start creating demand as a school leader to make more money! I'm showing you what will make you an in-demand principal, how this is the gateway to more of everything you want, and the framework for creating value beyond what you think is possible right now.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/218

Tune in this week to discover how to start asking for what you want. I'm sharing why we are so reluctant to just ask for what we want, and I'm giving you my tips for facing the discomfort and asking for exactly what you want.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/217

Join me this week as I invite you to embrace the after-break blues, and show you why doing so is crucial. And once you've recognized that this phase is completely normal, I'm offering the first steps for creating a system for you and your staff that will have everyone showing up in a more energized, positive way.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/216

Tune in this week if you're a school leader who has ever been a victim of a hater, or group of haters. This episode is going to be so useful, whether you're going through this right now, you've been traumatized by it happening in the past, or you're afraid of the mob mentality that often comes up in our schools.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/215

Spring is a busy time for testing, so tune in this week to discover how to approach raising test scores even if it feels like you're behind right now. I'm sharing how to start thinking differently so you can see where you have actual control over this situation, and how to approach it without panicking and trying to force your teachers and students.   Get full show notes and more information here:...

Discover how to start deciding ahead of time what you're going to create, and how doing so will allow you to achieve some truly remarkable things. I'm sharing where my clients have seen success using this process, and how to get started intentionally creating an amazing year as a school leader.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/213

Discover why so much of what holds us back boils down to a belief in the impossible. I'm showing you how we've been trained to use past data to guide what we think is possible for us, and why we have to use future possibility instead to create incredible results that might currently be beyond our imagination.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/212

Our human brains love to live in the world of all-or-none, telling us we simply can't have it all. This thinking is constantly reinforced throughout our lifetimes, so of course, we come to believe life is an all-or-none game. But I'm here this week to show you that you can have things that seem to contradict each other by leaning into the balance of AND.   Get full show notes and more information...

This week, I invite you to fear no number when you're setting goals for this year. I'm showing you why we tend to fear numbers as a measure of progress, and why they're actually our friends that we want to embrace as we work towards our goals.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/210

Tune in this week to sign off on an interesting year. We're discussing all the things you're leaving behind in 2021, what you're bringing into 2022, and I'm sharing all of the amazingness that is happening in my coaching program and mastermind, and how getting involved will set you up perfectly for a brand-new year.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/2...

Discover exactly what's going on in your brain when somebody is bugging you, and what you can do about it. Your mind might not like hearing what's responsible for the negative attention you're paying this person, but I want you to hear me out because understanding this is the key to changing your experience of others at this time of year.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://an...

If you know you're going to struggle to make it through the holiday break without feeling the itch to do some work, this episode is for you. I'm walking you through how I personally developed a way for me to get my work done before a break and decide what a real break looks like for me, so I can fully enjoy and be present during my time off.   Get full show notes and more information here: https:/...

This week, discover how to create real balance for yourself. I'm sharing where the belief that you are currently lacking balance comes from, and showing you how to see where you have to make adjustments to either your schedule or your thoughts in order to create balance.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/207

This week, I offer my tips on facilitating a productive staff meeting. They no longer have to be a thing that none of you enjoy, and instead, I'm showing you how to get to the nitty-gritty of collaboration, learning, and growth, which is ultimately what both you and your teachers want.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/206

Discover how to lead through the emotional tsunami that is hitting our schools. We are all human beings with thoughts and emotions, and it's not your job as a leader to control other people. But you can show up as the leader they need during this emotionally turbulent time and lead through the emotional tsunami our schools are getting swept up in.   Get full show notes and more information here: h...

Discover how I'm helping my clients build a culture of resilience through a very testing time for you, your staff, and your students. I'm sharing where a lack of emotional resilience shows up the most for your staff, the pressure this puts on you as their leader, and what you can do to influence the climate in your school and start building a culture of resilience.     Get full show notes and more...

Discover how to plan your data meetings in a way that ensures they'll be worth your time and the district's money. I'm showing you how to prepare to make sure they're purposeful and they move in the direction you need them to, so you can actually make an impact through leading these meetings.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/203

This week, I'm sharing my personal experience of navigating grief and how I used life coaching tools to lean into those feelings. Truly holding space for any personal crisis that comes up for us as leaders is extremely challenging, but I hope you can take away and apply what I've discovered about leading while grieving.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching...

If you've been trying to ignore the hard parts of your job, tune in this week to discover how you can start embracing the 50:50 positive and negative that school leadership was always meant to encompass. I'm sharing why your brain loves to focus on the uncomfortable parts, and how you can acknowledge those times without letting them overwhelm you.     Get full show notes and more information here:...

To celebrate 200 episodes of the podcast, I'm bringing you a conversation with some of my longest-serving clients. Discover what empowered leadership looks like and how to help yourself, your staff, and your students build up the mental and emotional resilience we all desperately need right now. We're discussing the secrets to maintaining work-life balance and self-care, so you can be the empowere...

We're taught all our lives that things happen to us, but it doesn't have to be this way. Discover why predetermined outcomes are 100% available to you right now. I'm sharing where we try to control things that we cannot, and neglect to control the things we can, so you can see how to start working towards predetermined outcomes today.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angela...