The Empowered Principal® Podcast

Join me this week as I outline the concept of the emotional Venn diagram which will give you a deeper understanding of other people's emotions. Chronically reacting and responding to emotions makes it almost impossible for you to build up your influence and impact as a leader, so I'm showing you how to remain calm and centered while somebody else is having an intense emotional reaction. Get full s...

Listen in today as Julia shares her thoughts on the ways in which we can best show up for our students to ensure they are seen, heard, and valued. She sees 2020 as the best time to make our greatest impact, and I know you're going to love everything she has to share.  Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/138  

Join me this week as I show you why learning to allow emotions makes you an unstoppable leader. The more willing you are to allow your emotions, the more influential and impactful you can be to your community, and I'm sharing the four steps to doing this today. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/137

Tune in this week to discover what emotional resiliency means and why it's so crucial for you to learn it yourself to show up as a leader for your staff, students, and communities. I'm sharing the five benefits of practicing emotional resiliency, and why it brings you more empowerment, awareness, and integrity to your work as a school leader. Get full show notes and more information here: https://...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover the power of valuing your own opinion. I'm sharing why school leaders often experience difficulty voicing their opinions to their superiors, the courageous action required to make the decision you believe is correct, and how to deal with the consequences. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/135

Listen in this week as Nelson and I discuss his experience of the school system as a Latino student, and how Nelson's experience was transformed by the inclusion of different cultures and experiences in his education. Nelson is also sharing what we can do as leaders to make for a more equitable and inclusive school environment. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoac...

Join Natalie Wilson and I on the podcast this week as we discuss how you as a school leader can make a real difference in your community. Natalie is sharing what shaped her experience as a racially ambiguous student, and what she thinks schools have started doing right and where they need to improve. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/133

Join me on the podcast this week as I share how I'm taking a different kind of action over the summer to help educate myself and understand the experiences of others throughout this difficult time. This list looks vastly different from how I'd usually suggest preparing for a new school year, but if you're going to lead your school through this time, you're going to need to change it up a little. G...

Tune in this week to discover how to look at the decisions you're making and see them for what they are. I'm sharing how to start making empowered decisions from a place of possibility, rather than a desire for certainty or a people-pleasing place. When you can look at your decisions in this way, I guarantee that positive results will follow. Get full show notes and more information here: https://...

Tune in this week to discover how to take your belief and make it transformational. I'm showing you how to fully align yourself with your goals and really get clear on the action steps that will take you there. Where you are now is a product of your past beliefs. And where you will be in a few years' time is completely up to you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellyco...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why it's totally okay that you don't truly believe in your effectiveness as a leader right now, and how to build that trust in yourself genuinely and gradually, step by step, using the Rungs of Belief. This work isn't an instant fix and it takes time, but it truly is the only way to build real confidence in yourself and your ability to lead your school....

Tune in this week as Diana and I discuss the changes that need to happen in our school system, and how the recent pandemic has set the stage perfectly for us to enact radical changes that will benefit the people who matter most: the students. Diana is sharing how she found passion in working with the school system, and the possibility that is available to all of us when we really apply ourselves t...

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why, even though the outlook for our schools is uncertain, now is the time to apply yourself and dream big. I'm sharing how to shift your thoughts to the future, without focusing on all the negatives, so you can be ready to face what's to come with fresh ideas that serve your vision as a school leader. Get full show notes and more here: https://angelake...

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...