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Jan 2022
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Episode 1: What MATTERS in YOUR leadersh...

Darrin Peppard
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Episode 1 of Leaning into Leadership

  • Who is Darrin Peppard and why should you listen to him about leadership
  • Darrin shares the six things he focused on as a leader
  • Darrin challenges you to find what it is that you are focusing on in your leadership
  • Darrin goes a little further in depth with school culture and why it should be in the forefront in the minds of today's leaders
  • This week's #PepTalk challenges listeners to take a step back and remember why they do what they do to make it through the 'dog days' of education

Connect with Darrin on social media @ DarrinMPeppard (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn)

Email Darrin @ darrinmpeppard@roadtoawesome.net

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