Leadership
Why Today’s Athletes Are Lonely & What to Do About It
15shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I’m not sure what you think NBA players do between games, but my guess is, it’s wrong. Those young players are not merely signing autographs, attending parties in their honor and soaking up culture and society. According to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, many of them are lonely. In fact,…
Continue ReadingThree Statistics that Will Change the Way You Think about Generation Z
16shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Andrew McPeak. Andrew is a next gen researcher, speaker, and author for Growing Leaders. How well do you think you know Generation Z? Years ago I was speaking to a group of adults who were leading students in schools across the country. While most of them were leading…
Continue ReadingGetting the Most Out of Advisement Period
3shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Thousands of middle and high schools in the U.S. have changed “homeroom” to a block of time called, “Advisement Period.” It’s usually a period anywhere from 25-40 minutes at the start of a day that students can focus on non-academic topics. Or, they can simply waste time. Too often,…
Continue ReadingThree Leadership Secrets from Bohemian Rhapsody
13shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I turn 60 years old this year. I share this fact because it will explain my next few sentences. As a teen, I listened to the rock band, Queen. They were eccentric, even edgy, and their tunes got stuck in my head. (It’s precisely what musicians want.) A few…
Continue ReadingWhat Short-Term Thinking Does to Our Kids
16shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Have you read the latest updates on the largest college admissions bribery scandal in our history? The original story was—at least 50 parents paid bribes to get their children admitted into prestigious universities, like Stanford, Yale, UCLA, Wake Forest, USC and others. It was an atrocious attempt by parents…
Continue ReadingThree Huge Mistakes We Make Leading Kids…and How to Correct Them
Three Steps to Help a Student with a Learning Disability
2shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Nautrie Jones, a contributing writer for the Growing Leaders Blog. Nautrie is the Director of Teacher Leadership Development at Teach For America where she manages coaches, develops strategy, and designs trainings focused on content, pedagogy, classroom management, racial identity development, culturally responsive teaching, and adaptive…
Continue Reading“In Other Words” – Why is Teaching with Images so Effective? (Part 1)
26shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Over a period of five days, I plan to blog about the research and history behind the idea of teaching with pictures. It’s actually quite fascinating, and sets up our release of three Habitudes® resources this month. Yesterday, we took a brief look at history and how cultures engaged…
Continue ReadingHow Adults are Stealing Ambition From Kids
Six Steps to Help Students Overcome Being Overwhelmed
