{"podcast":{"title":"Leading Out The Woods","slug":"leading-out-the-woods-652835","podcast_index_feed_id":652835,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4303654/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/leading-out-the-woods","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5da7002b127bdb9a72d3f168fd161847.jpg","author":"Matthew Woods","episode_count":242,"summary":"This podcast is dedicated to all my fellow K-12 educators as I reflect on my experiences & best practices working in K-12 education as a former teacher & current administrator. New episodes are released bi-weekly on Friday's at 5 PM (excluding special bonus episodes). Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes! Additionally, feel free to leave a review! Contact Information: Email-> leadingoutthewoods@gmail.com Twitter-> @woodfromawoods Website-> leadingoutthewoods.com","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T00:21:16.934159+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-out-the-woods-652835"},"episode":{"title":"Anchor Chat #33: The Leadership Pause","slug":"anchor-chat-33-the-leadership-pause","published_at":"2026-09-12T22:47:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-out-the-woods-652835/anchor-chat-33-the-leadership-pause","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-out-the-woods-652835","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/anchor-chat-33-the-leadership-pause--75090344","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75090344/ac33_the_leadership_pause.mp3","summary":"Anchor Chat #33: The Leadership Pause In this episode of Anchor Chats, Dr. Woods reflects on The Leadership Pause and the importance of creating space between a situation and our response. He explores how leaders can resist the pressure to react immediately, instead taking time to listen, gather context, and think intentionally before making decisions. Dr. Woods reminds leaders that being responsive doesn’t mean being reactive—and sometimes the most effective leadership move is simply knowing when to pause.","meta_description":"Anchor Chat #33: The Leadership Pause In this episode of Anchor Chats, Dr. Woods reflects on The Leadership Pause and the importance of creating space bet…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1071,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leading-out-the-woods-652835/episodes/anchor-chat-33-the-leadership-pause/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-out-the-woods-652835/anchor-chat-33-the-leadership-pause.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}