Kaaren Andrews: If We Get Ninth Grade Right, Everything Changes

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jan 20, 2026 | Podcast

🎙️ New Episode Alert: If We Get Ninth Grade Right, Everything Changes In this episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast I get to talk with Kaaren Andrews, National Director of the Center for High School Success. This conversation...

Mandy Traylor Says Don’t Move the Fences: Leading with Care and Community in Veribest ISD

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jan 13, 2026 | Podcast

I’m excited to share the latest episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, featuring Mandy Traylor, Superintendent of Veribest ISD. Mandy offers a powerful look at what it means to lead with transparency, humility, and deep...

Elena Aguilar on Why Presence Is a Leader’s Greatest Gift

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jan 6, 2026 | Podcast

Are you leading from a place of fixing… or from a place of presence? 🌱 In the latest episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, I had the honor of sitting down with Elena Aguilar, the visionary behind Transformational Coaching and...

Dr. Bryan Luizzi: When Leadership Doesn’t Go as Planned (Remastered)

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Dec 30, 2025 | Podcast

The latest episode of An Imperfect Leader features Dr. Bryan Luizzi, Superintendent of New Canaan Public Schools, and it’s a powerful reminder that leadership is less about having the answers and more about having the courage to step forward. From Connecticut...

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...