Finding his Leadership Voice in Education with Steven Thompson

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

[email protected]

Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find Steven Thompson:

LinkedIn

The Steven Thompson Experience Podcast

The Steven Thompson Revolution - The Blog

His post about contentment and statisfaction

Mentioned in this episode:

Redesign Learning Institute

Total Education Solutions

The Marketing Seminar - TMS

altMBA

Listen to this episode and explore:

Steven’s childhood: his love of books as a strongly independent learner (3:09)

High school and college: picking history as a major and struggling to find the right career path (7:35)

Steven’s winding road to becoming a teacher (11:50)

Lessons learnt as an assistant principal and a principal (17:01)

What went wrong at the charter school (23:15)

The fork in the road: figuring out the work he wants to do in the right place for who he is (28:05)

How podcasting and blogging helped him get his current position as Director of Curriculum and Instruction at the Institute for the Redesign of Learning (35:49)

His current job: creating learning opportunities for special needs students and teachers (42:30)

What leadership means to Steven (57:02)

What impact he wants to have on the world (1:01:26)

Final thoughts on the career-focused lives we live (1:02:41)