Leadership
Educators: The Most Important Leadership Trait You Can Teach This Year
25shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn 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.…
Continue ReadingThree Questions That Challenge Students to Lead
6shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn A few weeks ago, seven high school and college students organized an effort to get a petition signed that would create a mask-wearing policy in their city of Savannah, GA. I spoke to them about their strategy to reach their goal and why it felt so important. Each student…
Continue ReadingThree Myths About Leadership We Must Help Students Discard
7shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn For decades now, leadership professors and leader development specialists have categorized leadership using an uppercase letter: Leader, verses a lowercase letter: leader. This is helpful in determining how different people influence a team. First, those who appear to be natural leaders, often in positions of authority, are Leaders. The…
Continue ReadingFive Tips for Accelerating Growth through Feedback
10shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn The ability to think about yourself from the outside in, like a camera observing from a corner of the room, is a distinctly human capacity. But unless you are actually watching a recording of yourself, the ability to get an accurate outside perspective is limited. You can’t even hear…
Continue ReadingFive Brilliant Leadership Lessons From the Protests in Louisville
30shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn One of the most moving stories emerging from the protests against police brutality, and on behalf of George Floyd (and others) who’ve been victims of racists cops, was a story out of the protests in Louisville, Kentucky in response to the killing of Breonna Taylor. Officer Galen Hinshaw heard…
Continue ReadingHow to Lead Generation Z When You’re Not in Charge
6shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Leading is never easy–especially when you don’t have a badge. And it can be even tougher when you attempt to lead students. By this, I mean gaining authority in a teen’s life is an accomplishment, especially if you have no title or position of leadership. Consider this case study…
Continue ReadingHow Student Leadership is Morphing for Generation Z
21shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn “I see leadership differently than my parent’s generation does.” Those are the words of Brandon, a college sophomore, who ended his semester at home when the entire student body at Vanderbilt University left due to COVID-19. The coronavirus is changing us, and Brandon believes it is only accelerating a…
Continue ReadingWhat People Need Most from Their Leaders in Times of Crisis
17shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn There is a piece of content making its way around on social media right now that summarizes what every leader needs to remember as we endure this strange time in our history. “We are all in the same boat—but we are not all in the same storm. For some…
Continue ReadingFive Steps to Lead Students Wisely During the Coronavirus Pandemic
25shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn What most of us assumed would go away in a matter of days in China, has become a global pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. The Coronavirus is now headline news on every major network and on social media feeds everywhere. We can’t escape it. Sarah Sparks, reporter…
Continue ReadingTwo Common Attitudes That Sabotage a Leader’s Effectiveness
13shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn 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 can lose sleep at night.” Unfortunately, that’s exactly what…
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