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You Had Four Months. Your Staff Gets Fifteen Minutes.

From Your Morning Boost: A School Leadership Podcast · Hosted by

2026-08-05·22:38

Episode summary

In this episode of Your Morning Boost: A School Leadership Podcast: You spent four months building the plan. Your staff gets fifteen minutes to understand it. Then we wonder why implementation slows down.

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You spent four months building the plan. Your staff gets fifteen minutes to understand it. Then we wonder why implementation slows down. In this episode, I share two leadership experiences that changed how I think about introducing change. Early in my career, I rushed straight to the details and spent the rest of the year trying to rebuild shared understanding. Years later, I learned that slowing down to establish the why gave my team the confidence to improve the plan—not just follow it. When…