Turnaround leadership
How a district moves from challenge to momentum: a clear vision, aligned systems, and the discipline to protect progress once it starts.
Speaking
Messages that bring clarity to the work.
Keynotes, retreats, leadership sessions, panels, and executive conversations grounded in real superintendent leadership and practical insight.
- 58 → 77District accountability score since 2022
- $45.7MBond passed with community support
- 33% → 80%College, career, and military readiness
- NSPRA2023 Superintendent to Watch
Topics
What audiences leave with.
Strategic communication
Telling the story of the work through video, podcasts, newsletters, and consistent public-facing leadership. The approach behind his NSPRA recognition.
Culture that performs
Celebration, presence, relationships, and accountability as the engine that turns staff and student belief into results.
Earning community trust
Building the support behind bold investment, including the district’s first successful bond in nearly two decades.
The framework
Expect More. Achieve More. Become More.
Every session is built on the Expect More Leadership framework from Herbert’s book, The Expect More Leadership Playbook.
Get the book on Amazon- 01Raise the Standard
- 02Align the System
- 03Develop the People
- 04Deliver the Results
Formats
Built for your room.
Keynotes
Leadership messages designed to inspire action and strengthen culture.
Retreats
Working sessions that align leadership teams around vision and execution.
Leadership sessions
Practical workshops for superintendents, cabinets, and campus leaders.
Panels
Candid perspective from a sitting superintendent.
Executive conversations
Small-group dialogue on leading through change and challenge.
Bring Herbert to your event.
Share your event date, location, audience, and the topic you have in mind, and Herbert’s team will follow up.