From Consultant to Head of School: Leadership Lessons with Rabbi Maccabee Avishur

School leadership is full of best practices. But there is a big difference between knowing what schools should do and actually sitting in the chair. So what happens when someone who spent years advising schools across the country becomes a head of school himself?In this episode of Leadership Lenses, I speak with Rabbi Maccabee Avishur, Head of School at Kohelet Yeshiva, about what shifts when you move from the broad view of a national consultant to the daily reality of leading a school. We explore what you can and cannot teach a new teacher, why hiring for charisma alone is a mistake schools keep making, and how a simple two-lesson hiring process can reveal whether someone is truly coachable.We also dig into governance, the head-board chair relationship, and why best practices in Jewish day schools are exactly that, practices and not rules, and when it might be right to color outside the lines.It is a conversation about the gap between theory and practice, and what it really takes to lead well over time. I can't wait to hear what you take away from this Reach out to our guest:🌐 Website: https://www.koheletyeshiva.org/Get in touch with us: Website:⁠ https://kislowiczconsulting.com⁠Subscribe to my Substack:⁠ https://kislowiczconsulting.substack.com⁠Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/leadershiplenses/⁠LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkislowicz/⁠Listen on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leadership-lenses-with-barry-kislowicz/id1813728680