Posts by Kathryn Kee, PCC, M. Ed.
Outcome Driven Meetings
In part one, I shared that scientists at Harvard have learned two things about meetings: 1) a good meeting has an agenda 2) an agenda alone is not enough to run an effective meeting. Security expert, Bruce Schneier coined the term “security theater” to describe security measures that make people feel more secure without doing…
Read MoreHappy New Year 2023
Greetings 2023 and all the meetings and “to do” lists just waiting for you to complete and celebrate! As we begin a new year, another divine message came to me recently that I immediately knew I had to use and share. You know we always say coaching does take time but everything else take more…
Read MoreDECEMBER – One word – JOY
December seems to always sneak up on us. One week it’s October and then the next is December. Most of us are realizing that the older we get the faster the days, months and years seem to go. When December comes, even against the pile of “to dos” I just seem to feel JOY. Joy…
Read MoreFour Questions to Focus your Brain – before it tries to take control
As this new year begins, it can be as exciting as a two-year-old with cake and ice cream, or crazy with stress and concern. So, as we have learned in our seminars, the messages we send our brain will change the game. You remember, the brain is wired to protect and look for stuff like:…
Read MoreBeginnings: Psychological Safety
As we return to school as leaders, teachers, and students, one of the most important things we have learned from cognitive research in the last twenty years is the importance of psychological safety. Returning to a building or coming to a new place is either exciting or scary. What makes the difference? People do! We…
Read MoreWelcome Back to School – A Winning Strategy
There are few things that are more exciting for kids than a new school year beginning. The excitement of seeing old friends, making new ones, new teachers, new opportunities, new supplies. Our work as educators is ensuring that the excitement and the joy remain as the school year progresses. The same is true for leaders…
Read MoreBouncing Forward to a New Normal – Part 3
In continuing to explore our tools for bouncing forward to the new normal we will explore Jonathan Bates’ model, the Resilience Triangle and its third leg, ACTION. Action activates resilience. While having a resilient mindset and tons of energy are great, very little will improve if we don’t take action. Bates offers resilience-friendly skills and…
Read MoreBouncing Forward to a New Normal – Part 2
Last time we began exploring a model offered to us that holds the potential for jumpstarting our sense of resilience. The Resilience Triangle comprises Mindset + Energy + Action. It’s like a three-legged stool. Lacking even one leg, the whole stool won’t stand firm. In part one, we were reminded of the power of our…
Read MoreBouncing Forward to a new Normal
As we begin our entrance into spring, the time that brings new energy, new life, and new hope, I find many of our educators wearier, more discouraged, more struggling than thriving. Each time I am blessed to work in our schools the heaviness is witnessed. In our recent Strengths Webinar on “Using our Strengths for…
Read MoreLooking Toward the New and Better Year
This month has been an offering of strategies for reducing stress and breathing deeper. When we seek clarity, we reduce the chaos around and begin to think in a positive and powerful direction. In part 2, David Rock reminds us to seek a “better normal.” Just the reframe of language empowers more energy and positive…
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