Accelerate Your Performance
Accelerate Your Performance is a weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Janet Pilcher, Managing Director of Studer Education and author of Hardwiring Excellence in Education. Every week, Janet highlights tactical and actionable strategies that leaders in educational organizations can hardwire to meet successful student, service, and people outcomes. Listen now, and you’ll see why it’s ranked by ListenNotes in the top 5% of podcasts worldwide.
As she introduces a variety of pivotal leadership practices from the 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence, Janet underscores the importance of seamlessly integrating each practice to deliver positive and impactful results. For each leadership practice she introduces, Janet provides a solid foundation and then collaborates with coaching experts to dig deeper and demonstrate its practical application. Janet also interviews leaders and partners who excel at the tactics to hear about their implementation journeys, hurdles they’ve faced, and their notable achievements. To bring it all together, she offers a broader perspective on leadership, interviewing guests about a diverse array of topics on their paths to achieving organizational excellence.
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Accelerate Your Performance
Critical Communication in Times of Crisis
Can you imagine combining the first day back to school during a pandemic with a raging wildfire threatening students, employees, and the entire community? This is exactly what Estacada School District experienced in September of 2020. As district leaders switched to a crisis response model, people found new and innovative ways to stay connected, make decisions quickly, and cascade information to community members. Listen as Superintendent Ryan Carpenter shares the most important communication tactic in times of crisis.
**Our next new episode will be released on Nov. 1, 2021. In the meantime, please join us at our annual conference, What's Right in Education: Oct 27-28.
This episode answers questions such as:
- What role do emotions play in decision-making?
- How can leaders communicate to keep those they serve informed while displaced?
- Why is listening to people even more important during a crisis?
Read Superintendent Ryan Carpenter's article: Building Resilience in an Organization
Recommended Resources: Estacada Continuous Improvement Library, Estacada YouTube Channel, The Four Most Important Questions to Ask When Rounding, Huddle for Critical Outcomes, & Create Resilient Leaders
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