Seen, Heard, and Loved

Oct 10, 2022

Dr. Darrin Peppard is a leadership coach, consultant, and speaker focused on organizational culture and climate, and coaching emerging leaders. Darrin is the best-selling author of Road to Awesome: Empower, Lead, Change the Game, and is the host of the Leaning into Leadership podcast. Darrin was named the 2015 National Educator of the Year and was the 2016 Wyoming Secondary School Principal of the Year. In 2019, Darrin was inducted into the Jostens Renaissance Educator Hall of Fame. As a ‘recovering high school principal’, Darrin shares strategies and lessons learned from 26 years in public education to help leaders gain clarity, find joy in their work, and walk in their purpose.

Key Takeaways:

• Being a Principal is the best, but toughest job you can ever have.
• School culture is the single most important thing we do in our schools.
• Every child and adult should have the opportunity to be seen, heard, and loved every single day in our schools.
• Culture is saying this is how we do things here and saying this is not how we do things here.
• We need to focus on highlighting what people are doing right rather than what people are doing wrong.
• Culture begins and is strengthened by giving opportunities for ownership.
• Make sure you schedule "balcony time" to take a step back and look where you are.
• Walk your school hallways with an objective eye concerning what you see.

Stay in Touch:

Twitter: @DarrinMPeppard

Website: linktr.ee/darrinmpeppard