Breakdown the silos that prevent great practices from scaling across the school. Michael interviews Damien to find out how he motivates his middle leadership teams to take ownership of strategic initiatives.

Chapter 6 of Michael Iannini’s book, Hidden in Plain Sight: Realizing the Full Potential of Middle Leaders, introduces strategies and tools for building middle leadership capacity.

Michael interviews Chris Jansen on how leaders can instill a sense of purpose into the work that teams do and then ensure a balance between setting clear parameters for what teams should be working towards and empowering them to develop their own solutions.

Michael interviews Dr. Helen Kelly who explains what collaborative communication is and how leaders can take ownership for difficult issues that arise between team members.