An Imperfect Leader

The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast

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Meet Your Hosts of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast

Hello and welcome to An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, a series where leaders look back at decisions they made and ask themselves…

  • What happened?
  • What got overlooked?
  • What did you learn about relationships or what new relationships were formed?
  • What frustrated you?
  • What could you have done differently?
  • And in the end, what was something good that came out of the experience – because it is through our mistakes where our greatest learning takes place.
Peter Stiepleman

Peter Stiepleman

President, ILAA, LLC | Podcast Host

I’m Peter Stiepleman. I’m your host AND I’m an imperfect leader. I spent nearly 30 years teaching and leading, first in the Oakland Public Schools in Oakland, CA and then in the Midwest – Missouri, to be exact – where I was a teacher, a principal, an assistant superintendent and the superintendent of the 4th largest school district in a state of more than 500 districts. I am constantly striving to learn from my experiences and from the experiences of other leaders. The aim of this podcast is to lift the learning and lift the imperfect leaders up. That way, when you hear the term imperfect, you’ll see strength, strength from the candor needed to recognize imperfection as a real advantage.

Jamie Almanzán

Jamie Almanzán

Equity Leadership Coach | Podcast Host

Jamie Almanzán is a facilitator, teacher, curriculum developer and leadership coach currently working as an Equity Leadership Coach and the owner of The Equity Collaborative in Oakland, California. Prior to leading The Equity Collaborative, he held the position of Senior Coach at the National Equity Project. He has also held the position of Director of Learning and Teaching at Pacific Educational Group in San Francisco. He has focused his career on working with school and district teams to create more equitable learning environments. His goal is to incorporate observation, collaboration, and changing instruction to best meet the needs of underserved populations, particularly African American and Latino students. He is involved in systemic school reform initiatives and is responsible for the development and facilitation of leadership seminars for state, regional, and district teams across the country. He leads professional learning and coaches in a wide range of schools and districts in California and nationally.

Our Listeners Say It Best

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Learning so much | had the pleasure of hearing Peter speak at a small event in Santa Fe and loved his way of being and what he had to say. | am gleaning so much wisdom and so many ideas from these conversations. | just sent an episode to a colleague yesterday. Thank you for this encouraging content!!

Kit Standridge

Invaluable Lessons in Leadership | Peter and his guests share invaluable lessons from their many insights earned over decades | of public service. Their conversations remind us that strength and humility are two sides of | the same coin, and that true leadership requires honesty, self-awareness, and an openness | to continuous learning. A thoughtful broadcast for any organizational leader, or aspiring leader.

J.A Wright

Great pod! Thank you. Dr. Stiepleman, thanks for the great podcast. | really enjoy listening and find the conversations to be very informative for school leaders. The conversations are entertaining and a great way to add some professional growth during the drive to work or out for a jog. Keep up the great work.

Lyle Best Osage

An Imperfect Leader Peter, your podcast always provides a thought provoking ‘nugget’ to consider as | continue my way through the superintendency. No two days are alike and o two districts are alike, but we all embrace the struggle to provide opportunities for the students we serve.

Danny Johnson

Excellent podcast to educate the non-educated in education Education is so foreign to me from a professional perspective. | want to learn more about superintendents and the challenges they go through. Their greatest failures and their greatest triumphs.

Listener

We need more leaders to be vulnerable! Great concept and interviews we need more like this!
Listener

10/10/2023

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