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
Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth? Social Media and Technology Adoption – Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme
Today on an Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action, Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme joins us. Scott and I talk about the use of social media to engage stakeholders. Plus, we talk about a challenge most school leaders encounter – the adoption of…
Pandemic Problem: When to Bring Students Back? – Dr. Jim Wipke
This week, Dr. Jim Wipke to joins the podcast. Jim talks about the power of supporting resilience (a dimension from the ) and he breaks down a decision he made during the pandemic – the decision to bring back kindergartners. BIO: Dr. Jim Wipke has…
Dr. Quintin Shepherd Encourages Leaders to Seek Feedforward (He Knows it’s Not a Real Word)
In this episode of An Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action, my guest is Dr. Quintin Shepherd of the Victoria Public Schools in Victoria, Texas. We talk about a number of lessons from his book, including the difference between…
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