Tuesday Feb 14, 2023

Canoeing Schools: Tod Bolsinger

Leadership of the past meant coming up with answers. Today, leadership means asking questions.

Tod Bolsinger, the author of Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory joins host Jon Eckert to discuss what questions Christian leaders can start asking to become stronger leaders. One of the main questions he advises leaders to ask themselves is what can be eliminated from our life in order to focus on our priorities.

To learn more, order Jon's book, Just teaching: Feedback, engagement, and well-being for each student.

The Just Schools Podcast is brought to you by the Baylor Center for School Leadership. Each week, we'll talk to catalytic educators who are doing amazing work.

Be encouraged.

Timestamps:

[1:40] - Tod is introduced.

[2:40] - Every Christian leader is committed to show up as the same person in every setting.

[4:30] - Tod defines leadership.

[6:15] - Adaptive leadership is when you don't have an existing best practice.

[9:25] - Having to identify and name competing values is a challenge.

[10:41] - The pandemic has shifted how we see a college education.

[11:50] - What questions can leaders be asking?

[14:45] - Every school sits down and finds out what their hedgehog is, but don't always make decisions based on it.

[17:45] - Leaders never get praised for telling people "no".

[18:52] - Experimental innovations are the key to surviving in a changing world.