Options – Including Those for a 5%r

Earlier I shared my favorite response to advice, “You’ve got options!” How cool that the impact changes the brain. Options, choices, autonomy, control. Besides the fact that you know there is always more than one way to do anything. With that time to think, the pause… You’ve got options! What are they? Consider these things:…

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You’ve Got Options – a Statement of Belief

This month we have talked about ADVICE – why it does little to grow people and their motivation! You have been reminded that, “You’ve got options!” Remember that most people want to do a good job and feel they matter. The responsibility of a leader is to acknowledge, affirm, and give reflective feedback generously and often.…

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The Leadership Gift of Solitude

“We live, in fact, in an age starved for solitude.” C.S. Lewis Principal Andy Camarda of Lemon Road Elementary in Fairfax County, VA, recommended I read Kethledge and Erwin’s book, Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude. He felt it complimented our teaching about the value of silence as well as the brain research that says…

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The Positivity Project: Making a Difference in the Lives of Students

In one of our recent seminars, one of our participants, Andy Camarda, principal of Lemon Road Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, spoke about his school’s association with the Positivity Project. The Positivity Project is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to empowering America’s youth to build strong relationships and to understand, appreciate, and exemplify the…

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What Will It Take?

What does it mean to be irreplaceable in the work world? Some might say it’s a reference to people who do their work at an exceptional or outstanding level. They are known as highflyers, super stars, indispensables and considered critical to the success of the organization. If we lost even one of these people, it…

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Ways to Retain High Performing Teachers

Want to know what high-performing teachers say they desire to have in order to stay working at their current schools? The New Teacher Project report of 2012 says that three of four high-performing teachers with plans to leave their schools would stay if their top reasons for leaving improved. Here is what high performing teachers…

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Take Twelve for Leaders

Part I From People Matters magazine, then again in Critical Thinking, January 2016, there is a look at the competencies of leadership for the future. Almost every article published from the Neuroscience or from business leader publications focus on skills needed by our leaders. We love to have conversations about these ideas in all our seminars. Let’s look…

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Finding Time

Summer Reading Connections – Part II Another really great article in my pile was by Thomas Oppong, Founder of Alltopstartups. Just look at all the connections for coach leaders who are always needing more time. START AND END YOUR WORK DAY WITH THESE PRINCIPLES IN MIND Time is the raw material of productivity. Time, not…

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