Encore: How To Succeed When Everyone's Mad at You

How To! with Mike Pesca

Peach Fish Projects

Education, How To

4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had to make an impossible decision? One that doesn't have an obvious "right" answer. One that someone will inevitably hate. John knows this feeling all too well. He's the superintendent for a mid-size school district in California. To say the last school year was difficult is a major understatement… John tried to ensure the safety of his students, teachers, and faculty while balancing the reality of students struggling in their virtual classes. Throughout the school year, John's relationship with his teachers and the teachers union deteriorated. Now, classes are back in session and he's hoping to find common ground as soon as possible. On this episode of How To!, we bring on Gary Friedman, a world-renowned conflict mediator. He has some tips on how all of us can mend a fraught relationship before it's too late.

If you liked this episode, check out "How To Stand Up to Your Terrible Manager—Without Getting Fired."

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This episode originally ran on August 31, 2021.

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0:30.0	So the other day, at a staff meeting,
0:32.0	our producer Rosie mentioned something she had just heard on NPR,
0:35.0	that really hit us all hard.
0:37.0	It was a chat between host Rachel Martin and reporter Cory Turner about school superintendents,
0:42.0	all of whom are trying to figure out how to keep classrooms open
0:46.0	amid the latest COVID surge,
0:48.0	and no matter what they do, they just can't win.
0:52.0	You know, I was talking a damn dominant yesterday.
0:55.0	He talks to superintendents all the time
0:57.0	as head of the National School Superintendents Association.
1:00.0	And he told me he's heard something from a few superintendents personally.
1:03.0	These never heard before.
1:05.0	And I should say this might be a little hard to hear.
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