61. Kind vs. Nice in your School Culture

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Want to be a great school leader? Stop being nice. Being nice works well with strangers, but leaders who care about the long-term growth of their teams are not nice. They are kind. Niceness is the short game. And when you're a leader, you're always playing the long-term vision game. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today's episode is a conversation that I had with Lori Buxton, who's the Managing Director at Association for Early Learning Leaders. Lori and I have monthly conversations on leadership on our social channels. And I felt that this conversation was really important and needed to be brought onto the podcast as well. Besides being a great conversation with a lot of strategies, it is one that will incite great conversations among your leadership team members.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The difference between being nice and being kind.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why there’s so much more niceness and people-pleasing among leaders.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why you should choose temporary discomfort over long-term resentment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to hold your staff accountable and still be kind.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Steps for leaders that are looking to start shifting from being the nice leader to the claimed leader.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">… and so much more! </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resources and links mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sign up for the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Summit of Excellence:</span> <a href="https://schoolsofexcellence.com/summit"><span s