Coaching the Whole Educator
Coaching the Whole Educator
Becca Silver
#195: The Resistance Tax: The Hidden Costs of Misunderstood Resistance
10 minutes Posted Jul 11, 2026 at 8:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Becca Silver explores the hidden costs schools and districts pay when resistance is misunderstood. She calls it the resistance tax: the quiet drain on resources, relationships, and results that happens when leaders respond to resistance with pressure, compliance, or more accountability instead of understanding what is driving it. Becca breaks down five major forms of the resistance tax: • The turnover tax • The implementat...