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Education
September 29, 2020

How Emotional Intelligence Increases Students’ Influence

Chuck was a bully on my high school campus. Back in the day, everyone in our class dreaded encountering him. On a good day, he was merely rude or offensive. On a bad day, he’d be downright abusive or violent. Chuck came from a troubled background but knowing that didn’t change the way peers felt about him. The entire tone

Education, Leadership
September 22, 2020

Educators: The Most Important Leadership Trait You Can Teach This Year

A young couple recently moved into a new house. While eating breakfast their first morning, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging her wash on the clothesline in her backyard. “That laundry looks dirty. She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Maybe she needs better detergent,” remarked the wife. Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Day in and day out,

Generation Z
September 15, 2020

How to Help Generation Z Redefine Resilience and Overcome Life’s Challenges

I’ve been white water rafting twice in my life, once in California and once in Colorado. It’s completely different from the lazy river rafting I’ve enjoyed on the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta. When rafting on the rapids, I don’t go out without an experienced guide who knows how to handle the rushing waters, rocks and bends in the river. I

Education
September 8, 2020

Two Ideas to Enable Students to Engage and Retain a Virtual Lesson

Public education has been founded upon memorization and testing for over a century. While we all agree we must do more than drill our students to memorize curriculum, remembering information will always play a role in learning. Today, millions of teachers face an even more arduous task of doing all of this remotely. So, what can teachers do to help kids

Education
September 1, 2020

Four Huge Mistakes Schools Have Made Over the Years

I sat in a well-lit room, full of colorful posters on the walls. Twelve people from four generations sat in a circle. Our goal was to discuss how our world had changed over the decades and if we felt those changes made us better or worse. You can imagine our discussion was as colorful as the posters on the walls. It

  • Culture, Education, Leadership, Students
    April 4, 2017

    The Biggest Shift We Must Make to Win the Hearts of Students

    Last month, I spoke to a student athlete and her coach in two separate conversations. Hannah (not her real name) had just quit her soccer team. Her reason? “I just couldn’t handle the yelling and anger from my coaches any

    By Chris Harris
  • Culture, Students
    February 12, 2020

    Four Steps to Helping Students Make Good Decisions

    Alex is a college student I enjoyed a coffee with recently. Our discussion revolved around all the options he was staring with next semester, including courses and jobs, clubs and other extra-curricular activities. Like so many others, Alex is suffering

    By Chris Harris
  • Leadership, Workplace
    February 13, 2020

    How to Lead in Times of Change

    As a kid, I vividly remember getting my first cavity. I had never heard of such a thing, but the dentist explained that I had a hole in my tooth’s enamel that needed a filling. If that news wasn’t bad

    By Chris Harris
  • Culture, Social media, Students, technology
    February 18, 2020

    Five Steps to Help Students Avoid the Comparison Trap

    Over the last five years, I’ve heard dozens of authors and speakers talk about the “comparison trap.” I believe it’s because people are not only prone to compare themselves to each other, but social media has exacerbated the problem. The

    By Chris Harris
  • Education, Students
    February 19, 2020

    Why Tough Grading Teachers Produce Better Learners in the End

    This may not surprise you, but a new study found that students perform better on standardized tests each year when their teachers are tough graders—and argues that when students have the mindset that says “everybody gets a gold star,” it

    By Chris Harris
  • Leadership
    February 20, 2020

    Two Common Attitudes That Sabotage a Leader’s Effectiveness

    No leader begins their journey with the words: “I want to become a leader, so I can feel overwhelmed.” Or, “I want to become a leader because I love feeling exhausted.” Or, “I want to become a leader, so I

    By Chris Harris
  • Education, Parenting
    February 25, 2020

    How Involved Should Parents Be in Their Child’s Education?

    During the past month, I found myself speaking to more than 6,500 parents in various locations across the U.S. I never have a more engaged audience than when I’m interacting with moms and dads. That month, I found the most popular

    By Chris Harris

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