An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast
Hosted by Peter Stiepleman and Jamie Almanzán and Jamie Almanzan · Peter Stiepleman
5.0from 107 ratings
- 261
- Episodes
- 34
- Transcribed
- 107
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast
Welcome to An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, a series of conversations with leaders who look back at decisions they made and consider: * What happened? * What got overlooked? * What did they learn about relationships or what new relationships were formed? * What frustrated them? * What could they have done differently? * And in the end, what was something good that came out of their experience – because it is through one's mistakes where the greatest learning takes place. I'm Peter Stiepleman. I'm your host AND I'm an imperfect leader. I spent more than 20 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.
- Publisher
- Peter Stiepleman
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
34 of 261 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
(VIDEO) Emily Sargent-Beasley on Navigating Transition & Complexity: How Effective Leaders Get Out of the Way
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
(AUDIO) Emily Sargent-Beasley on Navigating Transition & Complexity: How Effective Leaders Get Out of the Way
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
(VIDEO) "You Are the Strategy": Transforming Chronic Absenteeism Through Relational Invitation with Shelley Berman
Inside a recent episode
(VIDEO) Emily Sargent-Beasley on Navigating Transition & Complexity: How Effective Leaders Get Out of the Way
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I was like, oh no, you're right. So we engaged in quite a rich process. to establish our values and define what they meant and then to regularly review them and then highlight and celebrate as we were living them. And I can't tell you how grateful I was that we had done that work because when COVID came, I could get out of their way because I knew we shared these values that we were gonna do that work together. So we had established agreements that really helped us lead where we wanted to go. Absolutely, likely. What new relationships or what'd you learn about relationships through this situation? […]
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- Emily Sargent-Beasley
- Shelley Berman
- Chris Lynn
- Michael Hayden
- Gustavo Balderas
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Peter Stiepleman and Jamie Almanzán and Jamie Almanzan host the show. Published by Peter Stiepleman.
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