Best Frederick Buskey Podcasts (2025)

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This is Going to be Difficult with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns 1:06:24

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***Link to FREE Conversation Planning Guide*** Show Title: This is Going to be Difficult with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns Power Quote: “Remember the stated issue is often not the real issue.” Description: Today’s show is fun, interesting, and full of useful tips. I love how we discuss big concepts and then get into the nitty-gritty. If you’ve ever…

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Bolstering New and Veteran Teacher Agency (with Natalia Mejia and Xavier Adams) 1:21:06

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If there is a theme running through the late summer podcast episodes, it’s this: listen to your teachers. Everything becomes easier when we listen. Today, two former beginning teachers of the year help us elaborate on the why and how of listening. Sponsor Spot 1:I’d like to thank Kaleidoscope Adventures for sponsoring today’s show. Lots of companie…

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Rich PD on Pauper’s Wages with Michele Mattoon 56:51

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Description: Before recording this episode, I was very uncertain about how it would come out. Identifying strategies for doing professional development on the cheap had the potential to be disjointed and unactionable. Thankfully, I love how this discussion came out. There are some coherent themes running through the show, and doing great PD with fe…

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Listening as a Form of Empowerment with Elena Aguilar 32:06

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Power Quote: I noticed… and I wonder… Description: Welcome to the third and final part of my interview with Elena Aguilar. Today we dive into how we can reconnect people with their sense of power – building teacher self-efficacy through reflective questions. Decades of research identifies teacher self-efficacy – the belief that what teachers do has…

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What’s Your Story? with Elena Aguilar 37:57

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Power Quote: Behind every action is a belief Description: Today we dive into part 2 of my interview with Elena Aguilar. Part 1 was a must listen and we released in back on July 1 (260). A link to that episode and my two previous episodes from 2024 are in the show notes. In part 1 we talked about listening and I hope you’ve been able to exercise you…

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Your First Year as an AP: Real Talk from the Trenches 1:32:12

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I’ve been connecting with many new and nearly new APs recently and my conversations inspired me to put together a diverse panel of assistant principals to have a conversation specifically for those of you just beginning your administrator journey. And of course, there are some great tips here for experienced leaders as well. Sponsor Spot 1:I’d like…

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Support and Grow (4 year anniversary episode) 33:57

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Teaser: “Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to Improve the quality of life and leadership for assistant principals. Together we can achieve that by focusing on three things:Escaping the tyranny of the urgentEngaging in strategic behaviors each dayAnd, most imp…

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Help Me Understand with Stand Tall Steve 53:07

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Power Quote: “Climate is the emotional state felt within the physical space” Description: I had so much fun recording today’s show. My guest stands tall (literally and figuratively) in the realm of helping school leaders develop positive culture and climate. If you are a regular listener, you know I have my own specific framework on school culture,…

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The Listening Muscle with Elena Aguilar 24:56

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Power Quote: “How do you want me to listen?” Description: Today’s guest is someone I consider to be a master at the art of coaching, which is appropriate as she wrote the best-selling book titled The Art of Coaching. I Had Elena Aguilar on the show a little over a year ago and we split the interview into two parts, episodes 204 and 205 (link in the…

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The Pillar of Empathy with Jim Carlough 54:27

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Link to post on LinkedIn for book giveaway Description: Today’s interview will be a bit different as my guest is coming from four decades of leadership experience in the corporate arena. Despite the different setting, the leadership lessons will sound familiar to you. I think this discussion with someone coming from a different place invites us to …

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Uncovering Rocks with Will Lepech 1:09:59

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Power Quote: “Uncover the rock” Description: If you haven’t begun reflecting on the year yet, today’s episode will get you in the mood. I encourage you to pause today’s show frequently – there are a number of moments that deserve some contemplation and pausing to think about what something looks or feels like in your context could be very beneficia…

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Teacher-centric PD with Cathy Lacey 52:12

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Power Quote: “If we want better outcomes for students, we have to create better outcomes for teachers.” Description: I hope this doesn’t sound too egotistical but I LOVE it when a guest echoes my own preaching, especially when that guest is a current school leader. This episode is full of foundational ideas as well as some simple actionable strateg…

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Two for the Price of One (!) with Frederick and Darrin 1:08:35

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Two for the Price of One (!) with Frederick and Darrin Link to the NCMLE Leadership Excellence Network: https://ncmle.org/cohort-home Description: Today’s show is actually two shows in one. I recorded it with my good friend Darrin Peppard at Road to Awesome and we are releasing this episode on his show, Lean Into Leadership, in addition to releasin…

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SAM I Am with Mark Shellinger 54:02

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Description: “Sam I am, I do not like green eggs and ham!” Our guest today is not Dr. Seuss, but he does talk a lot about SAM, not the peddler of a strange breakfast, but rather a process for helping instructional leaders reclaim their purpose. Sponsor Spot 1:As a loyal listener to this show, you know I am a big advocate for short, targeted observa…

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SWOT! 27:18

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SWOT ***Free SWOT and STCC tools available for download here: https://adept-experimenter-3588.kit.com/0cd1576fe5 Teaser: We are half-way through May and hopefully you have begun thinking about next year. A couple weeks ago I took several district leadership teams through a simple process to facilitate conversations around next year. We did two acti…

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Just Say “No!” with Charles Williams 1:04:31

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Power Quote: “Somebody has to be able to say “pause!” Description: Have you ever listened to one of those podcasts where the host asks a question, the guest gives an answer and it goes back and forth in a way that feels more like a school lecture than a discussion? This Is not that episode! It’s almost the opposite. It took me 10 minutes to get to …

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National High School AP of the Year Saani Perry 56:30

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Power Quote: “If I make them better, that makes me better” Description: Today’s guest is the 2025 NASSP National High School Assistant Principal of the year – how cool is that! This was such a fun interview. You are going to hear Saani talk about a number of things he’s done as an AP and I want you to pay attention to how each thing is interconnect…

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On Trust and Kindness with Dr. Chris Culver 42:48

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Power Quote: We are wired to belong Description: You’ll hear me compliment today’s guest on his affirmative presence. He’s the kind of person you want to be around. It was only at the end of the show that I was able to pinpoint why and it is this: he makes me feel seen, valued, and heard. Stay tuned and you’ll find out why this was an “aha” for me.…

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They Want to be Heard with Principal Todd Shadley 53:19

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Power Quote: “I’m still learning, but we will figure it out together.” Description: You are going to LOVE today’s show! As with last week, you may want to take notes. Today’s guest, a practicing principal, shared with me that he has been a listener of the show for several years, and you will hear how many of this show’s core themes he echoes and ha…

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A Culture of Connection with Erika and Tiffany 1:03:54

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Power Quote: You are who you eat lunch with Description: Today’s show is so packed with gold nuggets, you might want to take notes or listen twice. You will hear many of my core themes filtered through a slightly different lens. Our guests are accessible and real, so perk up and hold on! (and ignore the leaf blowers outside my window) Show Intro Sp…

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Is Your Best Good Enough? With Leigh Ann Alford-Keith 56:56

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Description: How are you? I confess to having mixed emotions about how to respond to this question. On the one hand, I’m having fun in my business and everyone around me is healthy. On the other hand, I have a lot of friends worried about losing their jobs to anti-DEI policies, my favorite national forests are less safe because of ranger firings, a…

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The Motivation Equation 35:35

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Show title and release date: The Motivation Equation Note on Sponsorships: Help cover the cost of producing the podcast Motivate me to produce a better product Give you access to some beneficial services I will work to keep sponsorship ads under 3 minutes total If you are interested, using the affiliate links in the show notes helps the show Teaser…

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(Teacher) Team Leadership with Dr. Chad Dumas 51:05

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(Teacher) Team Leadership with Dr. Chad Dumas Description: If you’ve been listening to me or following my daily email, you’ve heard me talk about 5-minute coaching, the series of three questions we can ask teachers to help them become more reflective practitioners. The value leaders provide during the process is I creating space by NOT talking. Tod…

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Follow up Questions for From Fires to Fulfillment 26:29

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Today I’m digging into some questions I received from participants in my recent GAMSP training on moving from Fires to Fulfillment. Podcast episode 242, released two weeks ago, is an edited audio of the presentation and you can find the full presentation on a hidden website page at frederickbuskey.com/gamsp25. The themes I address in today’s show s…

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The First Step to Great Relationships with Joe Pettit 47:03

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Today’s show is high energy with lots of thoughts and concepts that will grab your attention and your intention. My guest and I talk a lot about the power you have as a leader to transform your reality, and I want to be clear – it’s tough out there right now, some of us are working in more challenging situations than others, and some of us have few…

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Final Questions First with Joe Pettit 6:47

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#243: Final Questions First with Joe Pettit Description: This is just a short tease for the full interview coming out on March 11th, 2025. I had forgotten to ask Joe the four closing questions, and when I shared that with him, he was kind enough to answer the questions and send me an audio file. I found it so inspiring, I decided to make it a stand…

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From Fires to Fulfillment 46:17

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If you read my daily email, you likely know that my big goal for 2025 is to give 25 keynotes and presentations. On Monday, February 24, I gave my first ever keynote at the Georgia Middle School Principals’ conference – big shoutout to Cheryl Riddle who organized the conference and was so wonderful to work with. I organized this as more of a working…

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8 Actions to Lift People Up 42:51

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Today’s episode is inspired by a book study I did last week with 25 building and district school leaders. The focus of the book study was stage 5 of A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose, which is all about 5-minute coaching. We began with celebration We did 5-minute coaching We reflected in small groups We recapped in a large group We took…

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Turbulence 18:40

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We are in a moment of significant change. There’s a lot of instability and unpredictability and people don’t know what’s going to happen – good, bad, or indifferent. We don’t know what all of the announced or teased policy changes mean or if they are going to take effect. This environment creates a situation where we have lots of turbulence in scho…

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Be the Mirror with Tequila Lamar 1:01:38

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Description: Today’s guest is Tequila Lamar. The name should be familiar to you because I just featured my first interview with Tequila as the “Greatest Episode of All Time.” And now she’s back and now this episode may be my new favorite of all time. We will of course build on our previous discussion of imposter syndrome, but there is so much more …

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#238: Can Adults Just Act Like Adults? With Frederick 31:57

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| A couple weeks ago in one of my daily emails I asked for people’s experiences, perspectives, and questions about culture. A reader responded: As far as culture, my main frustration is a lack of initiative I notice in some of our adult, professional faculty members... Behaviors like not arriving on time for a duty, being unwilling to contact paren…

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Helping Teachers Call Home With Jamie Brown 51:01

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In May, on episode 199, I had Jamie Brown on the show and he took us through a very simple but effective script for having a restorative conversation with a student. That show was re-aired at the end of December as my favorite show of 2024. After the show, Jamie and I discussed how APs can help new teachers become better at conversation – not just …

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Culture Questions From Claude Part II 31:28

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236: Culture Questions From Claude Part II Show Description: | Last week I asked Claude AI to give me 12 questions I could answer that would help elaborate on school culture. We answered the first six questions last week and will do the second batch of six this week. I have to say, I was quite impressed by the quality of the questions. As was the c…

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Culture Questions From Claude Part I 33:38

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235: Culture Questions From Claude Part I Show Description: Two weeks ago, I did a show that described how school culture is a byproduct of the degree of alignment between people, purpose, structures, and resources. High alignment – good culture. Low alignment – poor culture. I also shared in that episode that I have begun working on my next book, …

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Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar 52:16

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#234: Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar Description: Today’s guest has developed a framework and language around professional conduct, which he defines as “my contribution to our culture of learning.” Cool. And what else is cool, is that you will hear, in slightly different terms, some of my core talking points around supporting and g…

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Greatest Episode of All Time: Imposter Syndrome 42:26

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#233: Imposter Syndrome (Greatest Episode of All Time) There is a very brief intro to this, my favorite episode of all time! Originally released in May, 2023… Let’s face it, you aren’t cut out for this job. You are in over your head, and soon everyone will discover it! What were you even thinking? You can’t help your teachers grow. You should never…

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2024’s BEST Podcast! 1:01:08

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#232: 2024’s BEST Podcast! Power Quote: “Every kid has a story” Jamie’s Student Debrief Protocol: 1. Are you okay? 2. What was the trigger? 3. How did the behavior impact others? 4. What could you have done differently? Description: This is a replay of my favorite interview form 2024, PLUS a few new minutes at the beginning with more wisdom from Ja…

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A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture 30:04

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A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture Show Description: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” -Peter Drucker, Author “Culture is like the wind. It is invisible; yet its effect can be seen and felt.” -Bryan Walker, Partner and Managing Director, Ideo “Corporate culture is really hard to define; it’s the side effects of working for your organi…

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Email Sucks! 27:40

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#330: Email Sucks Show Description: Last week, Darrin Peppard and I went over some of our favorite time hacks. Towards the end of the show, we talked about email. Today, I’m devoting a whole show to email. I’ll share some tips and tricks, but how we manage email is as much about our mindset as it is the clock. As we get going, I want you to serious…

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10 Awesome Time Hacks with Dr. Darrin Peppard 52:34

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#229 Outline and Show Notes Show Title: 10 Awesome Time Hacks with Darrin Peppard Power Quote: Description: Time. The most limited resource (along with attention). Many leaders feel if they can better manage their time, they can become better leaders. Yes… and no. The big secret to time management isn’t actually about time. In today’s episode, my g…

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The Blueprint with Todd Bloomer 49:39

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228: The Blueprint with Todd Bloomer Power Quote: The further you are from classrooms… the easier it is to become jaded. Description: If I said I knew a principal who was in classrooms all day Monday, would you believe me? I hope so, because you are about to know him too. Guest Bio: Todd Bloomer was born & raised in New York, He got to Texas as fas…

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Should We Give Teachers Matches? With Alex Auriemma 49:29

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Should We Give Teachers Matches? With Alex Auriemma Description: Back in September I released episode 218 titled “Teacher Evaluation is Broken.” Before I recorded that episode I had been thinking about the topic, and today’s guest and I actually recorded the conversation you are about to listen to prior to me recording number 218. I’m not sure why …

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Win the Morning, Win the Day with Johnathan Cranford 51:13

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Win the Morning, Win the Day with Johnathan Cranford Description: If your ISS program runs like clockwork and results in increased academic achievement and fewer misbehaviors, then feel free to skip today’s episode. If you attend one of the 99% of schools that struggle to fully leverage ISS, you will profit from investing some time in today’s show.…

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Silence is Golden 19:31

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Silence is Golden Show Description: I teased this show on this morning’s daily email message, in which I suggested I might release a podcast episode that was all silence, to drive home the message that when it comes to helping people reflect, our silence is golden. Of course, the point would be lost if it was only silence as many listeners may not …

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The Power of Reflection 27:39

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#224: The Power of Reflection Show Description: We are over half-way through the Good Enough October Challenge. Remember, the big idea here is that you don’t have to be a great leader, you just need to be good enough. Specifically, good enough leaders consistently help the people around them grow by doing four simple things:· Intentionally choosing…

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Presence Shouldn’t Wait for Christmas With Frederick 19:57

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Presence Shouldn’t Wait for Christmas Power Quote: Once you embrace how valuable your full presence is, you will be more motivated to share it with others. Description: This week we continue looking at what it takes to be a good enough leader. Last week we established that being able to consistently observe and work with your teachers to grow their…

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How Will You Show Up? 15:42

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222: How will you show up? The Big Idea What if the person you are trying to grow knows more about what they need than you do? This is perspective shift #1: They know more than you ● Stop trying to diagnose what’s wrong ● Assume people want to be really good at what they do ● Ask them what outcomes they want to see improve ● Help them develop the k…

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What is Leadership? with Mara and Frederick 33:36

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Show Title: What is Leadership? with Mara and Frederick Helene Rebuild Collaborative link: https://hurricanehelenewnc.com/gallery Description: Leadership takes many forms. In this episode we discuss some of these different forms. We’ve tried to highlight a variety of ways people lead, especially those leadership forms that aren’t always recognized …

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Why be great when you can be good enough? 15:39

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#219 Good Enough October Challenge If you'd like to donate to Helene relief, here is the link to Lance's team: https://hurricanehelenewnc.com/ Facebook page to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/lance.buskey Show Description: The difference between great, good enough, and not good enoughUpdate from AppalachiaMVP show – we’ll see how deep we go! T…

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If you want to help Western North Carolina please listen! 9:31

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WNC Links: Accurate Local News (radio): https://www.bpr.org/ Local donation options: https://www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-09-28/list-ways-to-donate-and-help-flood-victims-in-western-north-carolina-after-hurricane-helene Lance Buskey Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lance.buskey Lance’s Venmo: Lance-buskey Frederick’s links: frederick@frederickbuskey…