Transforming Education: Leadership Lessons

Dana Schon joins this episode of Transforming Education. As the Professional Learning Director for School Administrators of Iowa, she’s one of the most influential persons in continuing education to Iowa’s school leaders. She shares 3 traits that define successful leaders and a crucial mindset shift for defining life-work balance. Dana debunks some of our perceptions for what makes a good leader and expectations for women.

Jimmy Casas, author, speaker and award-winning principal, joins the podcast to talk about his journey in education. He shares about the power of building a community of leaders to help establish and reach goals as well as strive for excellence. Every member of the organization has a position to impact the culture. Leaders can inspire and instill confidence in others by modeling excellence. Jimmy highlights his characteristics of effective leaders and the four most powerful words to begin collaboration, “I need your help”.

Dr. Ryan Wise, Executive Director of Education in Iowa joins us to preview our upcoming fall Leadership in Education Conference and discuss big topics on teacher leadership, the new Iowa instructional framework pilot program and how to effectively support building principals.

The 9th president of Northwestern College, Greg Christy shares the challenges in higher education and how he values a collaborative leadership style to overcome those challenges. Greg and Gary talk through the impact of personal hardships like cancer and how connecting through our stories powerfully transforms the narrative of living, leading & serving.

Aaron and Joe are well-respected leaders with tons of experience in high-pressure environments. They first met as NFL player and chaplain for the Green Bay Packers and now coach individuals and organizations through the Align Process. We dive into their journey and learn how to get better every day by aligning our time and purpose.

We have all experienced good and even poor customer service! This episode’s guest, Dr. Rebecca Hoey has discovered that caring well for students in higher ed. or any setting makes all the difference. She’s all about empowering her team, supporting women in leadership and making education accessible!

In this episode of Transforming Education: Leadership Lessons, Gary Richardson talks with top Edupreneur, author and speaker Angela Maiers. Founder of the Choose2Matter Movement, Angela discusses her passion for empowering others through mattering. Everyone is created for significance.

Northwestern College’s Gary Richardson is joined by Mr. Jeff Herzberg in this episode of Transforming Education: Leadership Lessons to discuss qualities of great leaders, leading as a disruptor and challenging educational leaders to bring awareness of mental health and trauma in schools.

Northwestern College’s Gary Richardson is joined by Dr. Ron Juffer to discuss leading through investing, serving and modeling. Ron gives his take on leadership qualities of effective leaders while also opining on the Cubs and offering our first book challenge.