🔥 What happens when our doubts, mistakes, and questions start to take over?

🔥 What is a quick, simple routine that we can follow to rekindle our fire?

🔥 How can music build identity and belonging in a learning community?

About This Guest

Sean Gaillard is a school administrator in North Carolina, author of The Pepper Effect, and host of the Leadership Liner Notes podcast. He blogs about leadership, education, and inspiration for Leadership Liner Notes, and is currently writing a new book for Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. titled Leadership Riffs.

Connect with Sean

• on LinkedIn,
• on X @smgaillard,
• on Instagram @smgaillard,
• on his blog at https://seangaillard.com/

In This Conversation

• 0:00:00 – Sean Gaillard is a principal and author in Lexington, North Carolina
• 1:59 – The dark times that education leaders face
• 6:37 – Reset Step 1: Take a breath
• 8:49 – Reset Step 2: Anchor in gratitude
• 12:02 – Reset Step 3: Affirm and reframe
• 15:28 – Reset Step 4: Reconnect
• 21:36 – One more thing: your presence matters
• 24:10 – Revisiting our why, passions, dreams, and values
• 27:22 – How can music build identity and belonging?
• 30:00 – What to expect from Leadership Riffs
• 31:36 – How to motivate teams with low morale
• 34:01 – How and where to connect with Sean Gaillard online

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