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This audiobook is read by Danny Bauer. If you prefer reading, click the link below.

The 90-Day Entry Plan Every Principal Needs

A 90-day entry plan for principals is the difference between a school year you control and one that controls you. Most leaders walk into August hoping for the best — and spend the next 90 days playing whack-a-mole with fires they never saw coming.

This audiobook walks you through the five buckets of a perfect entry plan: yourself, communication, academics, culture, and operations. In that order — because most principals get the order exactly wrong. The principals who’ve used this plan don’t just survive the first 90 days. They build forward momentum that carries them through the entire year.

Every chapter ends with a take-action step. This isn’t theory — it’s your plan, built while you listen.

⌚️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:01 - What the 90-day entry plan actually solves

• 05:00 - Why hope is not a strategy

• 10:53 - The five buckets of the entry plan

• 13:55 - You come first: the Ruckus Maker Mindset tool

• 21:06 - The principal who died at her desk

• 25:36 - The 85% rule every leader needs

• 26:33 - How to define your sticky core values

• 33:49 - Communication is how everything else works

• 39:53 - The Remarkable Vision Formula

• 48:07 - Why Whack-a-Mole destroys academic progress

• 57:40 - Empowering your team to lead PD

• 01:00:27 - Culture starts with the cigarette butts

• 01:05:55 - Belonging vs. othering in your school

• 01:12:05 - Operations: less is more, delegate more

• 01:19:22 - Building your actual 90-day plan

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