The Empowered Principal® Podcast

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

Join me on the podcast this week as I discuss what self-care is, what it isn't, and how you can start making every decision you are faced with from a perspective of what will benefit you in the long-term, rather than getting the instant gratification that we crave as human beings. You'll discover how to start seeing self-care as something you deserve, rather than something selfish, and how it will...

Join Daniel Bauer and I for episode 100! We're discussing what we see in our work as the most common challenges faced by our school leaders, Daniel's tips for time management, setting boundaries around your work, and how to differentiate between tasks that need your attention now and what is getting you bogged down unnecessarily. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellyco...

Tune in this week and discover how you might be wasting time, especially in areas your brain refuses to believe are a problem, and how you can overcome these time fails and see your productivity skyrocket as a result! Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/99

Over the last couple of episodes, we've been talking about time management, specifically about getting your mindset in the right place about what you have to do and how long you have available to do it. This week, we're bringing that work together with some real actionable tips for making the most out of the time you do have. Get full show notes and more information here:  https://angelakellycoach...

Tune in this week to discover how to check in with your time scarcity mindset and reframe your thoughts around what you can achieve at work in the hours that you have available to you. I'm sharing what I see in my clients, as well as my own ongoing progress in this area. Get full show notes and more information here:  https://angelakellycoaching.com/97

Tune in this week as I discuss how to inject a little fun into your work by scheduling celebration. You'll discover how to acknowledge the little achievements and how to plan around the aspects of your job that you don't enjoy by choosing to celebrate the moment they are done. Commemorating your wins is an incredible way to help you look forward to every day on the job, and if there's any professi...

Join me this week as I take you through the four different kinds of mental fatigue and where on the STEAR Cycle they might be coming up for you. Understanding this fatigue will give you a whole new perspective on how you build habits and what's been keeping you stuck in the past. Get full show notes and more information here:  https://angelakellycoaching.com/95

Tune in this week to discover how to actually prioritize in a way that allows you to lead your school effectively and doesn't leave you all over the place, spreading yourself too thinly. I'm sharing how you can identify what is important in your job, and how to be successful without the busyness and stress that we've come to associate with doing a good job. Get full show notes and more information...

Tune in this week to discover why burnout is not really a result of a heavy workload and how you can reframe what you're going through in a way that allows you to identify what exactly is burning you out and how you can take a new approach to your work, allowing you to effectively lead your school without feeling like you've been run ragged. Get full show notes and more information here:  https://...

This is just the bare foundation of how we could deal with the aversion people have to discussing mental health, but if we can make a start, that would be incredibly powerful. So tune in this week to discover what you can do to bring mental health into the consciousness of your students, teachers, and the community as a whole. Get full show notes and more information here:  https://angelakellycoac...

Join me on the show this week and discover a new perspective on the relationship you have with your boss. The two of you have incredibly important jobs and it's best for everyone if you work well together, so I'm sharing how to reframe the way you perceive the power dynamic and how to make it work in a way that works for everybody in your school. Get full show notes and more information here:  htt...

Over this month, we've discussed building your team and creating the right culture that will empower them to work well together. But what happens when you think your team isn't working as well as you want them to? Tune in this week and discover what's going on up there in that brain of yours that might be making managing your dream team quickly turn into a nightmare. Get full show notes and more i...