Morality and Social Media: Have You Considered the Impact?
Consider this reality. What the computer was for the Millennial Generation, social media is for Generation Z. We all recognize that social media isn’t going away. Most of us don’t…
Why Millennials and Generation Z Students Are Choosing Control Over Caution
By: Tim Elmore I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but teens and young adults today have been in a funk for the last several years. Mental health continues…
Why Your Students Need a Better Emotional Vocabulary
Students’ vocabulary has decreased from the 1950s to today. In over 40 years of the survey, a pattern emerged: Correct scores rose from the generations born around 1900 to the…
The Inverse Relationship Between Gratitude and Entitlement
By: Tim Elmore I’ll never forget the day a university professor told me a student approached him after making a poor grade on an exam. The student reasoned…
Struggling to Establish Both Relationships and Accountability with Your Students? Try Using a Social Contract.
There is an old idea we can look to in order to both create a connection with our students and at the same time, hold them accountable to the rules…
What We Learn About Generation Z From the Top Netflix Show: Squid Game
By: Tim Elmore I’m not talking about The Crown. Nor am I talking about Game of Thrones. I am not even talking about Bridgerton. There is a new show…
Busting a Common Myth Preventing Students From Leading
Ultimately, leaders are helped when they have some level of magnetism. Inspiring and motivating people in an organization is a bonus aspect of leadership. Too much of it, however, can…
The Impact of Reality TV on Generation Z
Generation Z, the youngest population social scientists are studying today, was born about the same time as Reality TV. You might remember the precursor to popular reality television was a…
One Magical Idea to Increase Student Engagement This Fall
Have we made our classrooms similar to an instant cake mix? Do we believe that teaching students is as simple as following a checklist? Find out in this week’s episode…
Ten Interesting Facts About Generation Z and How They Affect Us All
Tim Elmore The Millennials are a generation who experienced an up-economy during their childhood but a declining one as they came of age. Generation Z is a population that endured…
Leveraging High Standards and Gracious Forgiveness in Your Classroom Today
This is the final episode in this series focusing on Tim Elmore’s newest book, The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership, releasing on Nov. 2nd, 2021. To pre-order the book and…
The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership
Leading teams today is more complex than it was a generation ago. People join organizations with higher levels of education, expectation, exposure and emotion. They also come with a sense…
How Masks Can Deepen Social and Emotional Learning
By: Tim Elmore I don’t know about you, but I am seeing more and more face masks on the ground these days. Whether it’s in a parking lot or restroom…
How to Balance the Paradox of Humility and Confidence with Your Students
This is the second of three episodes focusing on Tim Elmore’s newest book, The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership, releasing on Nov. 2nd, 2021. To pre-order the book and gain…
Advice to Teachers and Parents When Guiding Teens on Instagram
By: Tim Elmore Anyone who cares about young people should see the data just revealed on Instagram and its parent company Facebook. Millions of teenagers, mostly girls, have spiraled into…
How to Navigate the Current Landscape of Leading on Today’s School Campus
This is the first of three episodes focusing on Tim Elmore’s newest book, The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership, releasing on Nov. 2nd, 2021. To pre-order the book and gain…
Now is the Time for Leaders to Step Up
Have you heard about the latest trend? People are resigning from their jobs in droves. By the millions. Inc. magazine reported on The Great Resignation, detailing the numbers; and they’re…
How to Lead Kids Who’ve Experienced Adult-Sized Trauma
According to a nationwide study, 82% of Generation Z members report experiencing at least one traumatic event in their lives. For many teens, it was something that happened during the…
Ever Heard of the Blackout Challenge? How Social Media Is Changing Peer Pressure and What to Do About It
By: Tim Elmore I remember feeling tangible peer pressure in high school. Friends pushed me to smoke cigarettes and marijuana, drink beer, and be sexually active. This was not uncommon…
Four Lessons on Leading Young People From the Tokyo Olympics
The postponed Olympics Games held in Tokyo are now history. As always, there were highs and lows for competing athletes, but we’d like to focus on some insights we gain…
The Comeback School
Want to make a great comeback from the setback of COVID-19? Every school would benefit from instilling a philosophy into our students where everyone responds to the hour we find…
Practicing the Paradox of Confidence and Humility
By: Tim Elmore Bob Iger replaced Michael Eisner as the Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney Enterprises in 2005. These two leaders are polar opposites and a picture of a…
Five Resilience Stories that Could Keep Your Students from Giving Up
If you are one of the many educators, coaches, or leaders across the country who struggle to build resilience in your kids, athletes, or students, we may have a practical…
Leading When You’d Rather Be Leaving
By: Tim Elmore There is a new term describing the challenge many organizations face today. It’s called absentee leadership. A leader or manager may be physically present but psychologically and…
Sharenting: Solving the Problem of Parents and Kids on Instagram
What happens when the heartfelt ambitions of parenthood meet the ubiquitous opportunities of social media? “Sharenting” happens any time an adult in charge of a child’s well-being, such as a…
The Need for Paradoxical Leadership
By: Tim Elmore I had an epiphany a few years ago while sitting in the green room right before I spoke at a conference. There were sixteen CEOs in the…
The Art of Drawing Commitment from Students
Adults everywhere offer “programs” to students, but what students really want and need are deep and trusting relationships. Generation Z has been programmed to death. They have sports programs thrown…
Struggling to Establish Both Relationships and Accountability with Your Students? Try Using a Social Contract.
By: Andrew McPeak Just a few weeks ago, I stood in front of almost a hundred teachers — the faculty of a mid-size high school in North Dakota. Together, we…
Building an Emotionally Intelligent Culture on Your School Campus with Steve Moore
As an administrator, principal, teacher, or counselor you set the tone for the culture on your school campus. But how do you help your teachers, staff, and students thrive in…
How to Help Students Become Objective Rather than Obsessive
Obsessing over people, desires or worries is quite common today. Given our “instant-access, on-demand” culture, our brains are not used to going hours without answers. So, we ruminate on uncertainties…
One Magical Idea to Increase Student Engagement This Fall
By: Tim Elmore Building off of an earlier patent by John Duff, General Mills’ created its first Betty Crocker instant cake mix in 1947. Since the Great Depression and World…
Helping Students Strike a Balance Between Inclusion and Diversity
Schools today have a difficult challenge to manage. They have to find a way to create a balance between: Students feeling safe and finding others they belong to and identify…
Four Lessons on Leading Young People From the Tokyo Olympics
By: Tim Elmore The postponed Olympics Games held in Tokyo are now history. As always, there were highs and lows for competing athletes, but I’d like to focus on some…
Read Before You Lead: Why Every Thermostat Has a Thermometer
Leaders don’t need a title, position, or badge to influence others. Genuine leaders influence people by understanding the current “temperature” among a group and responding accordingly. They observe when a…
Managing Your Culture with Tree Beeckman
In this episode, Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak interview Theresa Beeckman aka “Tree” and discuss some practical tips on how to effectively manage the culture on your team. Tree is…
Why SEL Has to be More Than Just a Class
In the minds of parents, students, and even teachers, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) has become an “academic subject.” Rather than being seen as the set of life skills that…
The Case For Why A Broader Perspective Is A Crucial Skill Your Students Need
Research psychologists recently completed studies on the mental health of everyday individuals. One important finding was participants who are prone to dogmatism – stuck in their ways and relatively resistant…
Digital Citizenship: Having The Right Conversation With Students
Do your students feel a sense of responsibility for what they say and how they conduct themselves in the digital space? In this episode, Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss…
Building & Utilizing Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom with Dr. Adam Saenz
In this episode, Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak interview Dr. Adam Saenz and discuss the importance of building and utilizing emotional intelligence (EQ) in the classroom. Dr. Adam Sáenz earned…
Annual Digital Subscription: Habitudes for Social & Emotional Learning: Middle School Edition [Course 1]
This comprehensive curriculum has everything that you need to teach <em>Habitudes for Social & Emotional Learning- Middle School Edition </em>to a single class of students for one school year. <em>Habitudes</em> is…
Read Before You Lead: Why Every Thermostat Has a Thermometer
By: Tim Elmore In 1990, I began using a metaphor to teach students how they could earn the right to influence others. This metaphor has now become common language among…
How SEL Can Accelerate Maturity in Students
Over a decade ago, we began to hypothesize about a trait we were observing in high school and college students. After researching the reasons for this we came up with…