Best of The Authority: The Good Boss with Kate Eberle Walker

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In this episode, Ross speaks with Kate Eberle Walker, CEO of teletherapy solution provider Presence.

Kate is an education industry leader with 20+ years of experience in leading, managing, advising, acquiring and investing in education companies. Her book is The Good Boss: Nine Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work, published by BenBella Books.

Kate and Ross discuss:

•  Stories about successful women often start with a story about a good boss. We hear Kate’s story.
•  Important negative lessons Kate learned from previous bosses.
•  The “9 Rules of the Good Boss.”
•  Why it’s powerful to get a woman’s name right and use it.
•  Being authentic and being someone employees can relate to.
•  Why it’s important to “watch the clock” to be mindful of the demands on female employees.
•  Rule 9: Tell Her That You See Her Potential, including how this relates to the situation in schools. 
•  How do you start to turn things around if you haven’t fostered this type of culture?
•  If someone can read only one chapter of the book, which should it be?

The Good Boss is available here: https://www.kateeberlewalker.com/the-good-boss/

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About today’s guest

Kate Eberle Walker is an education industry leader, author, and working mom with more than 20 years of experience leading high-profile education companies. Among other roles, she was previously CEO of The Princeton Review and since 2019 has been CEO of Presence, where she leads a majority female staff. Presence is a leading provider of teletherapy solutions for children with diverse needs.

Follow Kate on Twitter @eberlewalker or connect on LinkedIn. You can visit her website here: https://www.kateeberlewalker.com

About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies LLC, 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