Richard Lemons on Why You Can’t Talk People Into Change and What Actually Works

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Dec 23, 2025 | Podcast

This week, I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Richard Lemons, Executive Director of Partners for Educational Leadership, for a conversation that every system-level leader should spend time with. Richard has spent decades helping leaders tackle the hardest...

Leading Without Flinching with Dr. Nyah Hamlett

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Dec 16, 2025 | Podcast

🎙️ New Episode of An Imperfect Leader Some conversations stay with you long after the recording ends. My conversation with Dr. Nyah Hamlett is one of those. Dr. Hamlett, former superintendent of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and now Chief Equity & Development...

Ben Thompson on Building Schools That Strengthen Communities

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Dec 9, 2025 | Podcast

Facility planning and passing a facility bond can be among the most complex (and stressful!) challenges a superintendent faces. On this episode of An Imperfect Leader, I talk with Ben Thompson, K-12 Director at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and host of the Idea...

Dr. Doug Bolton: Building Resilient Schools One Connection at a Time

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Dec 2, 2025 | Podcast

In this episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Doug Bolton, clinical psychologist, author of Untethered, and director of school consultation for Formative Psychological Services. In...

Communication is a System: Lessons from Terrie Morgan

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Nov 25, 2025 | Podcast

This week we’re sitting down with someone who has walked the walk for nearly four decades: Terrie Morgan, 2024 Kentucky Superintendent of the Year and a truly humble, student-centered leader from Hardin County Schools. Terrie brings warmth, honesty, and...