The Empowered Principal® Podcast

This week as I'm discussing why so many school leaders are experiencing real emotional grief during this time, and how you can address these emotions in a healthy way. This work is so important because, if left unaddressed, these feelings can have a catastrophic effect on your ability to perform in your work. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/126

This week I'm sharing the problems that have been arising for my clients recently when staffing their schools from a distance. You'll discover the mindset required to make the necessary adjustments, look at these situations through a new lens, and hopefully remove some of the stress from these tasks, some of which were unpleasant before social distancing. Get full show notes and more information h...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover where the stress of working from home comes from, and how you can create some alignment between working from home and simply being at home. This is not going to be easy, but if you can create work-life balance in this situation, when you do eventually return to your campus, you'll have no problem maintaining it. Get full show notes and more information...

Tune in this week as I discuss why nobody is behind or ahead in our school system, and why describing educational progress in this way does not serve anyone. Our schools are changing, and the myth of behind needs to change along with them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/123

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to take control of your experience of your life right now, and every day for the rest of your life. We can choose to wallow in the lockdown and how difficult it's made our job, or we can choose to embrace this time and make sure our future is brighter. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/122

Tune in this week to discover how to accept the circumstances that have been forced upon us and how you can move yourself and your community forward from a place of acceptance, as well as what you can expect to happen if you don't embrace the reality that you have zero control. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/121

Join me this week as I show you how the 50:50 balance of school leadership has always existed and will continue to exist into the future. Denying your negative experiences and emotions only creates more of it, so I'm offering some tips you can use and questions you can consider to move past them without adding more suffering into the mix. Get full show notes and more information here: https://ange...

Join me this week to discover what your role as a leader is during this time of uncertainty, and how you can create certainty internally so that you can continue to serve your school and be the leader everyone needs you to be right now. This is stressful, no doubt. But when you can disregard what you can't control and focus your energy on what you can, you will make things easier for yourself and...

Our schools are changing and it can be easy to become overwhelmed in a situation like this, so tune in this week to discover how to self-coach yourself in a situation that your brain might be telling you is beyond mind-management. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/118

With the coronavirus completely changing the face of education right now, Gina Yonts of the Association of Washington School Principals is joining me today for a discussion about the impact of this pandemic on the future of our school system, as well as the immediate effect that this uncertainty is having on our school leaders right now, and how you can cope during this time. Get full show notes a...

Tune in this week to see how you can start to separate yourself from your thoughts. Once you can become an observer of your thoughts and emotions, you will be able to take action from a place of certainty that what you're doing is the best option for your school, and incredible results will inevitably follow. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/116

Listen in on our conversation as Jena and I discuss the transition from teacher to principal, how to make time for what's important to you in your new role, and how coaching has given her a new perspective on how she is performing in her job. It's a real pleasure to be able to bring you this interview, and if you're new to the job, or even just considering applying, this is the perfect episode to...

Tune in this week to discover why we can no longer wait for school leaders to be provided with the mental and emotional support that they need. Directives like this often end up becoming a burden on the system, like another box to check, but mentorship and coaching for principals has to be dealt with differently so it can really be a long-term benefit to everyone. Get full show notes and more info...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how you can become a more trauma-informed leader. Education can no longer afford to ignore the mental wellbeing of students and staff, and in turn, you can't ignore your own trauma if you're going to be a great leader. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/113

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to shift from a doing mindset to a place where you can analyze your thoughts and up-level your beliefs in a way that serves you professionally. What I'm sharing today is completely different from what you might have heard in the world of education before, but when you can take it onboard, every aspect of your job as a principal will improve. Get ful...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover the illusion of control, how we exhaust ourselves by trying to control the impossible, and why, even if we could control these things, it wouldn't really lead to progress. When you can understand this idea, you will have so much more energy for the areas where you can make a real difference in your school. Get full show notes and more information here:...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover what aligned leadership looks like and how to act in alignment with your values. Along with examples from my clients' schools, I'm sharing how to identify what is important to you in the workplace, and why if you integrate these values into every decision you make, even if every result doesn't go as you expected, your efforts will have an impact. Get fu...

Join me on the podcast this week to gain some insight into how you're making decisions, where this process is holding you back, and how you can make decisions that are less emotionally draining. When you can be decisive without it consuming so much energy, you will be unstoppable. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/109

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how a reluctance to hold yourself and your staff accountable might be preventing you from growing as a leader. I'm sharing how I believe we should reframe accountability to make it less daunting, and what we can do to make it something we and others actually want to practice. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com...

Join me on the podcast this week to kickstart your 2020 and generate the kind of fun energy that will make this year your most productive and successful yet. I'm sharing how you can believe that your job is amazing, your teaching staff is loving and trustworthy, and that you're doing the great work that your students deserve, all without taking action to change your circumstances. Get full show no...

Listen in on our conversation this week as we share the resources that Jenn and David have created to promote professional and personal development in the field of education. This mixture of professional and personal development is what I live for, and I can't wait for it to make the same impact in your world as it has in mine. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoac...

Join me on the podcast this week for my perspective on failure and how you can get clear on how to use your failures to drive you into the new year. If you're looking back on 2019 as a failure, you are not alone, but that doesn't mean it was a wasted year! Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/105

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why setting challenging goals that you can really be proud of achieving will push you to become a better leader. And because goal-setting without a plan is merely making a wish, I'm sharing my process for setting big targets for the year ahead and getting clear on your 2020 vision. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoachi...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover what emotional self-care looks like as a principal and how to leverage it so you can respond intentionally. As leaders, we owe it to our staff and students to display emotional maturity, and you will be astounded at how your results improve when you act from a place of emotions that are cared for. Get full show notes and more information here: https://a...

We spoke last week about what self-care really is and why it often takes a back seat when it comes to our work as school leaders. Now you have that in your consciousness, I want to discuss how to build up your self-care discipline, so you can incorporate it into your life in a way that serves you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/102