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SEEing to Lead with Chris Jones The Authority Podcast 33

April 3, 2023 / 46:14/E33

Dr. Chris Jones has been an educator in Massachusetts for 22 years. He is author of the book SEEing to Lead and also hosts the SEEing to Lead podcast, right here on the Be Podcast Network. In this episode, we discuss his book, published by Code Breaker, Inc. Chris and Ross discuss: ● The problem with education traditions: “One of the biggest problems in education is tradition. One of the biggest traditions is top-down leadership,” says Danny Bauer. ● SEE = Support, Engage, Empower ● How Chris realized teachers can’t support, engage and empower students if they’re not feeling their leadership doing the same for them. ● You don’t become a leader and then realize you need to support others first. You become a leader because you’ve realized this. ● Empowering vs. Enabling ● Overcoming the status quo to innovate SEEing to Lead is published by Code Breaker, Inc. Find it here: https://teamjonesedu.com/book Subscribe to The Authority to get more deep-dive interviews with education authors. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts. Visit https://bepodcast.network to learn more about the Be Podcast Network for educators. About today’s guest Dr. Chris Jones has been an educator in Massachusetts for 22 years. He is currently Principal of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in Whitman, Mass. and Vice President of the Massachusetts State Administrators Association (MSAA). Chris was named the 2022 Massachusetts School Counselors Associaltion’s (MASCA) Administrator of the Year and is a finalist for the Massachusetts School Administrators Association’s Principal of the Year award. Subscribe to SEEing to Lead on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. About the host Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano

Dr. Chris Jones has been an educator in Massachusetts for 22 years. He is author of the book SEEing to Lead and also hosts the SEEing to Lead podcast, right here on the Be Podcast Network. In this episode, we discuss his book, published by Code Breaker, Inc.

Chris and Ross discuss:

● The problem with education traditions: “One of the biggest problems in education is tradition. One of the biggest traditions is top-down leadership,” says Danny Bauer.

● SEE = Support, Engage, Empower

● How Chris realized teachers can’t support, engage and empower students if they’re not feeling their leadership doing the same for them.

● You don’t become a leader and then realize you need to support others first. You become a leader because you’ve realized this.

● Empowering vs. Enabling

● Overcoming the status quo to innovate

SEEing to Lead is published by Code Breaker, Inc. Find it here: https://teamjonesedu.com/book

Subscribe to The Authority to get more deep-dive interviews with education authors. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts. Visit https://bepodcast.network to learn more about the Be Podcast Network for educators.

About today’s guest

Dr. Chris Jones has been an educator in Massachusetts for 22 years. He is currently Principal of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in Whitman, Mass. and Vice President of the Massachusetts State Administrators Association (MSAA). Chris was named the 2022 Massachusetts School Counselors Associaltion’s (MASCA) Administrator of the Year and is a finalist for the Massachusetts School Administrators Association’s Principal of the Year award.

Subscribe to SEEing to Lead on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano

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Co-founder of Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies. Strategist, consultant, and performance coach.

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