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Accelerate Your Performance

Accelerate Your Performance

Written by: Studer Education
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Accelerate Your Performance is a weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Janet Pilcher, Managing Director of Studer Education and author of Hardwiring Excellence in Education. Every week, Janet highlights tactical and actionable strategies that leaders in educational organizations can hardwire to meet successful student, service, and people outcomes. Listen now, and you’ll see why it’s ranked by ListenNotes in the top 5% of podcasts worldwide.

As she introduces a variety of pivotal leadership practices from the Nine Principles ® Framework, Janet underscores the importance of seamlessly integrating each practice to deliver positive and impactful results. For each leadership practice she introduces, Janet provides a solid foundation and then collaborates with coaching experts to dig deeper and demonstrate its practical application. Janet also interviews leaders and partners who excel at the tactics to hear about their implementation journeys, hurdles they’ve faced, and their notable achievements. To bring it all together, she offers a broader perspective on leadership, interviewing guests about a diverse array of topics on their paths to achieving organizational excellence.

Follow for weekly insights and actionable strategies to accelerate your performance and become your best at work!

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Episodes
  • Building Lasting Impact with 9 Pillars for Leadership Excellence

    Building Lasting Impact with 9 Pillars for Leadership Excellence
    Jan 12 2026

    Join Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder and President of Studer Education, as she welcomes the new year with reflections on a longstanding commitment to worthwhile work that helps educational leaders make a meaningful, lasting difference.

    In this episode, Dr. Pilcher introduces the 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence—a practical framework grounded in decades of field experience—to help leaders strengthen culture, align teams, and drive measurable results.

    Listen to hear how leaders can:

    • Establish shared practices that build consistency and trust across their organizations.
    • Apply leadership tactics to strengthen communication, recognition, and performance.
    • Take purposeful, actionable steps that create lasting impact for students, staff, and communities.

    Whether you’re leading a school, district, or team, this episode offers inspiration and practical guidance to move leadership from potential to performance—one step, one tactic, and one pillar at a time.

    Follow Host Dr. Janet Pilcher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetpilcher/
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    8 mins
  • Express Gratitude for Those on Your Journey

    Express Gratitude for Those on Your Journey
    Dec 8 2025

    Join Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder and President of Studer Education, for the final Accelerate Your Performance episode of the year as she reflects on the moments, partnerships, and lessons that shaped Studer Education’s path. Dr. Pilcher expresses her deep gratitude for the early leaders who helped lay the foundation for this work and celebrates the enduring impact of aligning culture, strategy, and purpose in education.

    Recommended Resources: Keep Your Organizational Flywheel Spinning with Gratitude, How Gratitude Anchors Organizations, Show Your Gratitude

    Follow Host Dr. Janet Pilcher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetpilcher/
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    9 mins
  • The Case for Celebrating Bright Spots

    The Case for Celebrating Bright Spots
    Nov 30 2025

    It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day challenges of leadership, but what if our most powerful tool is simply focusing on what's working well? Listen as Dr. Janet Pilcher explains how recognizing bright spots creates a powerful loop of purpose and builds the sense of belonging that helps employees know they matter.

    Recommended Resources: Keep Your Organizational Flywheel Spinning with Gratitude, Wrapping Up the Year with Purpose, How Gratitude Anchors Organizations

    Follow Host Dr. Janet Pilcher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetpilcher/
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    7 mins
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