About this episode

Joshua Stamper and Dave Schmittou discuss the importance of focusing on lead measures for effective leadership.

What if the biggest key to better leadership is not focusing on the lagging measures, but learning how to measure what truly matters? In this episode of Aspire to Lead, Joshua Stamper sits down with Dave Schmittou to talk about leadership, priority management, and the difference between lead measures and lagging measures. Dave shares practical insight from his work with schools, districts, and organizations, and explains why leaders must clarify the results they want before they can effectively guide others. Together, they explore why so many leaders get stuck managing process instead of outcomes, how overcontrolling can create dependence, and what it looks like to build independence and interdependence in staff and students. Dave also shares a powerful story about getting out of the way, the value of focusing on lead measures, and how leaders can create cultures centered on real growth and measurable progress. About Dave Schmittou: As an educator for more than two decades, Dave has earned a reputation for being a disruptor of the status quo, an innovator, and a change agent. Having served as a classroom teacher, school-based administrator, central office director, and professor…

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Stamper

Guest: Dave Schmittou

Topics covered

• leadership
• priority management
• lead measures
• lagging measures
• organizational growth

Keywords

• lead measures
• lagging measures
• leadership
• priority management
• organizational growth
• educational leadership
• independence

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