*if
leaders don't lead
then: what do they do?
Leaders enlist other people to become greater versions of themselves.
How? By paying close attention to themselves and to their people.
Our work, grounded in decades of training as educators, engages leaders as whole people: to be more honest, collaborative, and efficient.
We equip teams to have difficult conversations, safely.
*we lead team building workshops, professional development, & leadership trainings that your people
actually want to attend.
we help you change yourselves.

Start here:
great leaders think like great teachers.
We come to your team and engage in transformative culture change. We help you talk about race, gender, power, status, etc. The hard stuff.
Imagine how coaching from your favorite teachers could impact your organization or business. That's us.
*LDL is a
leadership
agency
run by teachers
*what
we do
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*who
we are

James
Miles
James worked in NYC public schools for 20 years as an educator before joining the Seattle-based Arts Corps as their Executive Director. Originally from Chicago, James has worked internationally as an artist and educator, and has been featured in Complex Magazine, Seattle Times, KOMO, NPR, CBS, NBC, and the US Department of Education. He sits on the board of the Seattle Arts Commission, Artist Trust, and the SXSW EDU Advisory Board. A former professor at NYU, James speaks all over the world about the intersection of arts, education, public health, and equity. James gave a celebrated TED Talk on hip hop pedagogy in November 2019, and is writing a sequel to the nationally recognized book, Fresh Ed: A Guide to Culturally Responsive Pedagogy.
Mike
Kleba
An international speaker, author, artist, and entrepreneur, Mike has been a public high school English teacher and theatre director for 20 years. He serves as co-host of the NYEdTech Meetup (the nation's largest) and sits on the SXSW EDU Advisory Board. Mike is the co-author of Otherful: How To Change the World (and Your School) Through Others, an earnest and irreverent book about the power of great superintendents, principals, and other school leaders. Interested in courage and vulnerability, he’s run the NYC Marathon, gone hang-gliding in Brazil and bungee jumping in New Zealand, and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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