Vibrant Leadership for Educational Leaders with Crystal Atkinson

15: Communication During Transitions

In this episode of Vibrant Leadership, we explore how educational leaders can communicate effectively during times of transition. Whether you are stepping into a new role or welcoming someone new to your team, transitions often bring both excitement and uncertainty. We’ll discuss how to navigate mixed emotions, respond to resistance with empathy, avoid the trap of “proving yourself,” and lead authentically in new spaces. If you’re entering a new chapter in your leadership journey, this episode offers practical mindset shifts to help you build trust, confidence, and connection from day one.

14: Doing Everything is Wrecking Your Kids and Teams

Raising kids, navigating teenagers and building stronger teams have a lot more in common than you may realize! This episode is for leaders who truly want to make a difference in the world. The leaders you build become your legacy! In this episode, Crystal challenges listeners to rethink their desire to remove obstacles and step in to fix problems and instead, communicate to the people around you that you believe in them (and you have their backs).

13: Leading With Layers: Building Collaborative Teams That Actually Work

In today’s episode, we will be talking with Kurtis Hewson. Together, we will be discussing the power of layering teams and, particularly, the collaborative team meeting. This Collaborative Response model is designed to help educators create and focus on a clear vision of what success would look like, identify insights that matter and support each other through a process that is designed to maximize student support and ultimately, success. This conversation just might be the missing puzzle piece that your school teams are looking for. Connect with Kurtis Hewson  Email: kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca  X: @hewsonk27 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hewsonk27  LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbgetTdAiA&t=0s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbgetTdAiA&t=0s]    Access the FREE Overview of Collaborative Response Article  https://bit.ly/CR-overview [https://bit.ly/CR-overview]    Explore the book Collaborative Response by downloading the introduction for FREE  https://bit.ly/CR-intro [https://bit.ly/CR-intro] - if interested in ordering the book, use the code JLPodcast10 to receive 10% off!

12: Balance with Andrea Fit Womon - From Burnout to VIBRANT

Join us as Andrea Mishio shares her journey from burnout to learning how to prioritize self-care so she can live a vibrant life as a speaker, teacher and mom.    Andrea challenges listeners to incorporate practical self-care strategies into their lives by providing real examples of how she is able to balance the demands she faces as a full-time professional mom!   Contact Andrea at: fit.wonder.womom@gmail.com

11: The Resilient Leader

In this episode, we explore what it really means to be a resilient school leader. Not the kind who powers through without breaking, but the kind who moves through pain with purpose and becomes the glue holding their school together during the hardest days. We'll tackle the weight of leading when everyone brings their opinion of what you "should" be doing. Accountability demands keep rising while your staff drowns under competing priorities. You'll discover why your most powerful tool isn't saying yes to more. It's becoming masterful at filtering out what doesn't align with your school's goal. Give your teachers permission to focus and to stop doing the things that water down their impact. Because resilience isn't about being unbreakable—it's about knowing what to hold onto and what to let go.