Episode 84 Understanding, Building, and Sustaining a Professional Organizational Culture

This Lozano Smith Podcast episode is the third in a 4-part series Leadership in Action, brought to you by Lozano Smith and Lozano Smith’s Concierge Consulting Services, also known as CCS. In this episode, host Sloan Simmons connects with Lozano Smith CCS expert Brandon Krueger, Ed.D. and Partner Sarah Levitan Kaatz regarding building and sustaining a professional organizational culture. This discussion highlights overarching concepts, practical approaches, and a framework for the extremely important, hard, and sustained work necessary to develop, improve, and maintain a successful, professional organizational culture. Applicable takeaways from this episode can benefit school district leaders, but uniquely governing board members, superintendents, and other members of a district’s leadership cabinet. Show Notes & References 2:48 – Differentiating between culture and climate 6:00 – Shifting culture 10:15 – Accountability (external and internal) 12:45 – Organizational culture work 17:11 – Timelines and tailoring trainings to each individual participant 22:27 – Bias incident response work example 27:09 – Flexibility to encourage participant investment 29:49 – Supporting administrators to maintain positive shifts 35:05 – Training "bites" and the importance of repetition in learning 37:11 – Strategies to combat administrator attrition and retirement 41:34 – Reference checks 42:10 – New requirements for job applicants and hiring entities (Assembly Bill (AB) 2534) (Client News Brief 47 - November 2024) To learn more about the Lozano Smith's Concierge Consulting Services (CCS) team, join us here. For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.