March 2021

Any ED will tell you that it feels like stress and pressure are part of the job.  Constant worry and panic got you down?  Join me and my buddy Shalini as we talk about strategies and tactics to make the time for self-care, how to use that four-letter word “H-E-L-P” and being responsible for your

This week, I’m interviewing CEO and Co-founder of New Classrooms Joel Rose.  Joel started his career as a math teacher and created an organization that is re-thinking the classroom experience with technology.  While building New Classrooms, he shares his lessons learned about building an organization, the single most important practice for his team and the

Daniel Oscar: educator, nonprofit exec, marathoner.  Listen in to Daniel’s gems of wisdom for staying the course in the nonprofit world.  Daniel helped Wendy Kopp build Teach for America and has been in various roles in the nonprofit/education reform sector since then.  He shares his tips on how to run the marathon and not the

Have you ever walked away from a hard conversation feeling like a bomb went off and you didn’t take cover?  Join me and my friend and mentor Jen Mayer, Founder of Becoming Better Together to talk about how to have hard conversations with fierceness and kindness, how to learn how to know thyself and how to be

Join me for a chat with master coach and my former Board Chair Ted Federici to discuss the common pitfalls of leaders and the mistakes they make.  The job that we have as leaders is daunting and we sometimes do ourselves a disservice by being our own worst enemies.  Learn how to tame the ego,

You know how there are people in your life who inspire you to level up your game?  Lisette Nieves is one of these people.  She’s an educator, a do-er, a coach and an inspiration.  On today’s pod we talk about the challenges of managing a board and staff and how to make people feel USEFUL

People: your biggest asset and perhaps your biggest pain point.  Join me on today’s pod with organizational strategist, human capital and DEI expert Sydney Henriques-Payne to explore some of the obstacles and opportunities with your people.  How do you spark cultural change?  How do you bring on the right level of leader for the maturity of your

This one is for all you Founders out there.  Join me as I chat with my friend and professional coach Paul Thallner as we talk about the pitfalls of leadership.  How does one go from a passionate person with a start-up to an effective organizational leader?  How do you use the power of story-telling and

This is the original bosslady.  On today’s pod, I’m talking with former CEO of iMentor and Executive Coach Caroline Kim Oh.  We’re spilling the tea on all the things including being the Only Ones in rooms, how Asian Americans have been misused as the “model minority” and how to start your own biz.  As more

Today we’re chatting with my buddy, Morty Ballen, who lived through the go-go days of charter school expansion.  As the CEO and Founder of Explore Schools, Morty oversaw the replication of three schools in an eight year period.  He shares his lessons learned (spoiler alert: it’s the people!) and what is on the other side of