The Wednesday Exchange: Recent Episodes
Brett Coffman
The Chiefs loss brings some great lessons in leadership and and Mea Culpa from Brett. Teresa has a lot of great points.
Teresa and Brett talk about an article by Art Markman regarding giving your boss feedback and it gets personal when Brett shared about a recent school experience.
Today we inaugurated a new President. Teresa and Brett had a lot to talk about from the message to the imagery.
How do leaders seek to build community and ensure they are staying in touch with all employees.
Teresa rationally describes how elementary teachers should tackle the complicated details of the events at the Capitol yesterday. Brett.... well, that’s a different story.
Does the way we consume media point toward the future of our experiment with American Democracy?
Teresa brings a great report based on research to the table for discussion today. She talks about the importance of being a grateful employer all the time.
Are you trying to stay engaged over zoom meetings? Even when you are the speaker or presenter? You are not alone. Teresa has some great suggestions for Brett after an 8 1/2 hour day on zoom.
Are we missing out on music that represents the life we are all living right now? What ever happened to songs of protest, aspiration, restoration and joy?
Following Gov. Parson’s announcement that students would not need to quarantine if exposed to Covid 19 while wearing masks, Teresa and Brett discuss the many responses and dig into what the Governor may have been trying to communicate to schools.
Teresa and Brett stumble upon the only thing that can save democracy. Social Studies classes.
Brett and Teresa talk about how introverts and extroverts are recharging during the coronavirus outbreak. Then, the silos come down, according to a LinkedIn article on how Apple and Tesla have used transparency and openness to keep their companies from developing silos.
Teresa and Brett talk about the common practice of micromanagement. They discuss discovering the telltale signs of micromanagement if you are unaware that you are the boss that does this, and how to gently change a boss who has this annoying management habit.
Teresa and Brett suggest crap that Generation X’ers need to introduce to Millennials and Gen Z’ers.
After a tough week Teresa and Brett talk about TV shows they are watching and Brett makes the ridiculous promise to pay for the dinner of the fourth listener of this weeks podcast. Coffmanb@umkc.edu if you’re the fourth listener to get you’re dinner.
What do you do when you’re too busy to lead? Brett and Teresa discuss some changes that will lighten the load
Brett and Teresa discuss three things that people don’t need that they were taught in school.
Teresa and Brett discuss the ideas of leadership during a crisis by the Record Bars owners Steve and Shawn. Always making lemonade out of lemons.
Today Teresa explains the difference between self-care and self-soothing in taking care of yourself as a leader.
We discuss some of the ways parents can enhance student learning if they have to go back to school remotely.
Teresa and Brett discuss several training activities that build team resilience, help focus on your institutional goals, and build a collaborative culture.
Teresa and Brett discuss why many leaders seem frozen in their decision making. Having a team, who can look at all the unintended consequences can help leaders make decisions that take into account the nuance and complications quickly and successfully.
We discuss some of our favorite experiences around Kansas City to take students on during the school year.
Teresa schools Brett on the three necessary things leaders need in order to make good decisions.
We've heard the voices for and against school reopening during this pandemic. Schools are meant to be places of passing on skills, knowledge, learning, and cultural norms. Included in this education is the expectation that schools teach students to think critically, analyze data, use that date to make informed decisions, and use the skills and knowledge to explore unintended consequences in order to create solutions that do less, and less, and less harm. Yet, due to the politics inherent in school boards and superintendency, this data informed basis for good decision making is turned on its head in order to comply with what the community perceives as "right". It is in this atmosphere that school leaders face the dilemma of the communities economic prospects, and the well-being of staff and students.
Teresa Tulipana @ttulipana and Brett Coffman @brettcoffman discuss the recent announcement that Missouri will spend $10 million dollars on creating an assessment to measure the impact of Covid on student learning. Please direct message us on Twitter to share your questions, comments, or views. We will address comments in our next podcast.
Teresa and Brett discuss the need for people in organizations to have time each day to have conversations about ideas they would like to pursue.