Sticky Core Values Bot

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Danny Bauer
March 20, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

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So you probably know that I launched a program recently called The 90-Day Accelerator.

Don’t worry. Not trying to sell that here 🙂 

52 leaders joined. A huge win because I get to help 52 leaders start off next school year with a super solid foundation.

In the course I teach a framework. It has 5 parts:

  • You

  • Communication

  • Academics

  • Culture

  • Operations

The promise of the program is simple: Start the year off with confidence using a proven playbook tested in the field.

We cover a lot of content in the program — there are over 50 lessons plus tools aligned to my 5-part framework.

And after working with thousands of school leaders, I have learned this OBVIOUS truth:

It’s hard to run — no impossible to run — an effective school if your culture sucks.

So I focus on culture a lot. One way I teach it is through an idea I had called, “Sticky Core Values.”

And in that one lesson. With one tool. One of my “students” had this to say:

That’s what I’m giving you today.

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