Superintendents Leadership Podcast
Leadership isn’t about getting it right every time.
It’s about showing up, learning, and making better choices the next time. An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast is for superintendents and district leaders navigating the beautiful, messy work of public education.
On this podcast, we leave perfection at the door. Through real stories, candid conversations, and reflective after-action reviews, we talk about what happened, what was missed, what we learned — and what we might do differently next time.
If you’ve ever felt the pressure to be flawless in a complicated system, you’ll feel right at home here.
Hear from fellow superintendents and leaders on:
What actually happens behind the scenes
The frustrations no one talks about
The wins worth celebrating
And the tough calls that keep all of us up at night.
Latest Episodes
(VIDEO) Heidi Sipe: Leading with Clarity and Compassion
What does it mean to be a nationally recognized rural leader while navigating the messy, imperfect realities of the superintendency? In the latest episode of An Imperfect Leader, I sit down with Heidi Sipe, Superintendent of Umatilla School District, to discuss how she has led her district for 19...
Heidi Sipe: Leading with Clarity and Compassion
What does it mean to be a nationally recognized rural leader while navigating the messy, imperfect realities of the superintendency? In the latest episode of An Imperfect Leader, I sit down with Heidi Sipe, Superintendent of Umatilla School District, to discuss how she has led her district for 19...
(VIDEO) Moving from Command-and-Control to Shared Stewardship: Jesse Boise and 25 Years of Coherence at Hillsdale High
How do you keep a school transformation alive for 25 years when most initiatives fizzle out after three? Jamie Almanzán recently sat down with Jesse Boise, Assistant Principal at Hillsdale High School, to talk about the staying power of Small Learning Communities (SLCs) and what it truly means to...
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