Results Stem From Relationships
While all teachers want to see results from their class, many fail to realize that great results stem from great relationships with the students.
Something More: Guest Post by Randy Hain
Today's blog post is an interview with Randy Hain about his latest book, Something More: The Professional's Pursuit of a Meaningful Life. I think it has application for both you and the young people you care about.
LeaderTip #3: How to Boss Your Calendar Each Week
This is one of the most relevant issues for leaders today. People ask me regularly how I handle my calendar, with all the travel and projects that occur.
Free eBook: Three Huge Mistakes We Make Leading Kids…
Recently, I wrote a blog that went viral. It illustrated to me there’s an overriding sense among parents and teachers in America that we’ve done something wrong as we raised our kids.
Helping Youth Make Five Big Decisions
Lately, I’ve blogged about an epidemic too few of us are aware of. It will hurt our national and global future if we fail to address it: youth unemployment.
Two Common Mistakes We Make Preparing Youth for Careers
Yesterday, I wrote about an issue many adults are unaware of—one that will be problematic in our future unless we fix it: youth unemployment. They’re the highest demographic of unemployed people in our nation and the world.
Youth Unemployment—Three Ideas to Address a Global Problem
Students will be graduating—and beginning a job search. In our economy, there is an issue we might be missing- the volume of youth are unemployed.
LeaderTip #2: How to Lead a Productive Team Meeting
Most of us have never been trained on how to lead a productive meeting or how to get the most our of your team members. Often, meetings with committees are challenging and unproductive.
A Model to Develop Student Leaders
Today, I’d like to encourage you with the story of one group of students, who are part of an ongoing initiative in Gwinnett County, just north of Atlanta. They give me hope for the future.
Boston’s Terror Attack: Three Musts for Leading in a Crisis
American’s are on the alert again. After reading about the attack, my first thought was: how do leaders respond in moments like these?
Podcast #10: An Interview with Jeremy Affeldt
In today's episode, we share an interview with Jeremy Affeldt, relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. Jeremy is an avid speaker, who uses the platform of professional sports as a catalyst to connect with teenagers and college students.
Thomas Edison: Five Lessons For Us as We Create the Future
I just finished a biography of Thomas A. Edison, the inventor who introduced us to the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, the motion picture and 1,000 other patented inventions. Even when he was alive, he was a folk hero. Over 50,000 people visited his coffin, in Menlo Park, NJ when he died. People across the nation turned off their “lights”
LeaderTip #1: How to Break Free From a Performance Trap
Leaders are expected to produce. These ambitions aren't wrong, but with unhealthy motives, leaders fall into a trap. You could call it a “performance trap.”
Technology: Two Ideas to Move From Enduring It to Employing It
Kids are getting lost in technology. Many educators question whether technology has made education more difficult.
Cheating Scandals in Schools: A Picture of a Larger Story
We lead young people because we love them. Eventually however, we often become selfish—and lose our way. Sometimes I cheat kids, as I appear to be helping.
The Hole in our Pocket
“Pocket Change” reminds me that every decision I make as a leader either puts change in my pocket, or removes it from my pocket. That pocket change is credibility, which works like just coins in my pocket.
Does Winning Take Care of Everything
Recently, Nike lifted a phrase that Tiger Woods has insisted is true several times recently. That phrase is: “Winning takes care of everything.”
Helping Students Find the Right Ladder
It’s better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb, than the top of a ladder you don’t. One of the great fears of graduates these days is that they’ll get stuck in a job they don’t like and they’ll feel claustrophobic.
Why Questions Matter: Guest Post by Ken Coleman
How can you develop the habit of inquiry? And how can you make sure that when you finally get the words out, they matter? The answer is surprisingly simple: know the question you want to ask, and then find someone who can answer it.
Eight Things to Know Before You Start Mentoring a Kid
The art of mentoring. It ain’t what it used to be. Effective mentoring has shifted—so we must shift as well.
Making Decisions with the End in Mind
The further out I can see, the better the decision I make today. In other words, when we think with the end in mind, we consider how it impacts kids in the long-term and the short-term.