Leading Out The Woods

Anchor Chat #34: Who Owns the Problem?

In this episode of Anchor Chats, Dr. Woods reflects on Who Owns the Problem? and the tendency for leaders to take on every challenge brought their way. He explores the difference between supporting someone through a problem and assuming responsibility for solving it. Dr. Woods challenges leaders to pause, clarify ownership, ask t...

Throwback Thursday! Building Bridges: School Boards, Communities, and Administrators Unite

Originally Released On: 11-15-24

This week, we’re revisiting one of our timeless episodes from Leading Out The Woods! In this episode, Special Guest Ja'Quez D. Taylor, Former School Board Chair and active School Board Member in NC, joins Dr. Woods to discuss how effec...

Throwback Thursday! Started from the Bottom, Now I'm Here

Originally Released On: 6-18-21

This week, we’re revisiting one of our timeless episodes from Leading Out The Woods! In this episode:

✅ Darrion discusses how he motivates and inspires his students and school community.
✅ Darrion shares advice with other educators trying to make a posi...

🎙️ Episode #137 – Roaches in My Cereal: And the Moral Imperative to Reimagine School

What if some of the things we've accepted as "just the way school works" are the very things we need to rethink? I'm excited to welcome Dr. Melvin J. Brown, Superintendent in Residence at Defined, LLC, longtime educational leader, and author of Roaches in My Cereal: And the Moral Imp...

Throwback Thursday! Is Financial Literacy Working?
Originally Released On: 7-15-2022

This week, we’re revisiting one of our timeless episodes from Leading Out The Woods! In this episode:

✅ Dr. Thomas shares how we should conceptualize financial literacy.
✅ Dr. Thomas discusses barriers students and families routinely encounter when learning about ...