Exceptionally Good: Leaders for a Better World
We bring you in-depth interviews with exceptional leaders who drive toward a different bottom line — leaders from health care, philanthropy, non-profits, education and rescue services who are doing exceptional work for the good of the world. Exploring their origin stories, their leadership journey and the lessons they learned on their path -- sometimes the hard way -- we bring you close to understand how exceptional leaders tick.
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Exceptionally Good: Leaders for a Better World
4. Matthew King - Founder of EPIC Academy - Becoming the Sunrise
How does a pink tie turn leadership into a sunrise?
How is change leadership like operating a elevator in a hotel?
How does a school leader on Chicago’s Southside pull a school up from a nosedive to a top 10% school?
What do you do when you realize that the reason your organization is faltering is you? You become the sunrise.
In this episode, we feature Matthew King, co-founder of the national non-profit organization One Goal, which focuses on student post-secondary college access, and EPIC Academy, a charter school in Chicago’s Southside. Matthew discusses his career journey, leadership roles, and the pivotal moments that shaped his approach to education and leadership. He shares how he moved from being a teacher to a transformative leader, helping turnaround schools and advising educational leaders across the country. The conversation dives into the challenges of leading for social good, the need for creating conditions for student success, and the importance of self-care for sustainable leadership.
“I assumed that people were just ready for change and that if we put good ideas out there and good strategy out there, they were just going to jump on that and run as I reflect on that…that wasn't the way. But, that was a hard lesson that I had to learn.”
Links:
College Principle - Matthew King’s Organization
One Goal - College and Post-Secondary Success org
EPIC Academy - Matthew’s charter high school on Chicago’s Southside
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