The Empowered Principal Podcast
Summary: The Empowered Principal is designed to offer tools and strategies that no other elementary principal resource provides - exercises that strengthen your emotional fitness as an educational leader. Former teacher, principal, district administrator, and Certified Life Coach Angela Kelly Robeck discusses why elementary principals feel complete overwhelm, ways to approach the issue of time, how to build authentic relationships with staff, parents, students, and district officials, and how to enjoy your job and life overall. Together, we tackle the toughest aspects of being a principal by learning how to manage your thinking so that you can handle whatever comes your way. Listeners can download a free workbook from my website at www.angelakellycoaching.com
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There is so much to think about when hiring new staff. As a school leader, being considerate of your team dynamics and considering which prospective teachers will really add to your current crop is of the utmost importance. If you rush this process, trust me, nobody is going to end up year happy. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/63
Next week, we will be working around the idea of creating such an environment that you will never have to fire anyone. However, unfortunately, it is inevitable that you will have to deal with this at some point, so we’re going to work this week on your mindset around dismissing your subordinates, making it less heartbreaking when it is necessary to do so. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/62
Join me on the podcast this week and discover the benefit of having a staff that is fully aware of what is driving their actions. I’m sharing a 6-step action plan to go from identifying a situation where coaching could be useful, all the way through to having your teacher coach their own way through it, without having to sound like a know-it-all. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/61
Tune in this week for an insight into how to preempt the blocks that come up for all of us when practicing self-coaching and how you can overcome them. These blocks are completely natural, so if you’re not feeling better immediately after starting this work, have no fear – take a listen and try some of this on for size. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/60
Join me this week and discover the power of mindfully processing your thoughts when working towards a goal. Really looking at what comes up mentally for us is the first step towards making real change and thinking intentionally, allowing us to create the results we really desire. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/59
Join me in this week’s episode for the first part of a two-part series on the subject of self-coaching. You’re going to discover how to identify what about the job is making you feel the way you are. Once you can pinpoint exactly how you’re feeling and why you’re feeling that way, we can get to work on changing it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/58
Having unconditional compassion for people with which you have a personal or professional relationship with is so freeing. It doesn’t matter how annoying someone can be, by maintaining this feeling of compassion for your colleagues and friends, you get to let them be themselves and remain in total control of your own emotions. It’s a win-win. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/57
Join me on the podcast this week to discover why grinning and bearing your relationships, especially those of convenience, is not serving you. I’ve got step by step instructions to identify when you’re in a bad relationship and how you can decide what you’d rather be doing instead! Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/56
Tune in this week and discover my methods for ending the conflict we experience in professional relationships once and for all. If you notice your teachers' attitudes are rubbing you the wrong way and, despite your best efforts, you can’t just snap them out of it, this episode is for you, my embattled leader. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/55
Join me on the podcast this week as I break down what happens in our minds when we meet someone new. Once you understand this reaction that occurs in our brains, you can use the tools that I share in this episode to approach your new relationships with openness and willingness. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/54
Join me to discover everything you need to develop a relationship with yourself that serves you in every aspect of your life. We’re covering the two sides of yourself that go into every decision you make, how your brain perceives physical and social danger, and how to deal with the dissonance that occurs between your brain and your heart when taking on new challenges. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/53
Listen in to my conversation with Stacey Smith about cultivating relationships, building a team that supports your vision for your school, and how to show up every day embracing vulnerability, responsibility, and discomfort to get the results you want to see in your life and work. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/52
Join me this week for a conversation all about difficult relationships and how to handle them in your professional life. Being a school leader is all about serving the children and taking these measures to handle difficult teachers is going to benefit your entire school in the long-run. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/51
Join me on this episode as I tip my hat to Gary V and his phenomenal teachings. I’ve identified my favorite lessons from Gary’s work and I’m identifying where you can use them in your work as a school leader. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/50
Think about your routine for your workday. Now think about how long you’ve been running that same routine over and over. I did the same thing every day for years, eventually noticing that I felt overwhelmed. I was not really present enough to think about any way around this feeling other than to work harder and longer. I’m here to tell you that that does not work. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/49