Are your students curious, exploring ideas or questions on their own? Or do they sigh with relief and go back to sports or social media or other pastimes once the bell rings? Yes we all need downtime, but look at…
It happens all the time. People learn a little about something new, think they understand, and make changes based on half-truths. That's how you get problems such as those reported in the Atlantic article, Why Introverted Teachers are Burning Out. Those with…
Another year of growing, questioning, escaping, laughing, and learning through reading. And another blog on my top 5 books for the year. A few comments Total for the year: 145. I read just about all genres, and find that fiction…
I've been using the new Brain Energy/Bandwidth quiz that I created with Ann Holm with teams and individuals, during workshops and coaching sessions, while networking over coffee--in other words, every chance I get. Just click on the quiz name to try the basic version yourself.…
Is there any creative dream you’ve been avoiding? Playing an instrument, learning to dance, writing poetry, painting, designing a quilt…??? Let’s explore what pursuing that idea might bring. Because here's my point: Creative "play," no matter how old you are,…
As you arrive at the leadership meeting, a sick feeling starts to grow—again, the seats are arranged in a circle around a solitary chair. One of your colleagues is about to be bullied. Time seems frozen as the unlucky victim…
I used to facilitate the MBTI ® Certification Program, and over the years started hundreds of consultants and counselors and OD specialists and educators—and more—on the path to effective use of psychological type theory. Note that I said started them on the…
How do your strengths get in the way of coaching and mentoring those around you? Leaders who easily see the best course of action in complex situations may “tell” rather than giving an employee enough time to reason it through…
I’ve been writing about how effort and perseverance without capacity and readiness simply aren’t enough. (Check out my past posts on grit and effort.) They’re all interdependent. Ignore either side and you simply won’t get where you want to go.…
In a previous post, I wrote about “satisficing”—putting in just the right amount of effort. Whether you’re hearing, “These employees simply need to do more with less” or “We need to teach students to have grit”, the implication is that…