Years ago we read The Happiness Advantage in the mastermind. (Nick if you’re reading I know that was your favorite book ?) The author shares that the magic ratio for positive-to-negative interactions is 3:1. Meaning, a leader needs to have three positive...
Loads of pigeons congregate near my flat in Glasgow. If I were to run toward them they would take flight, each in a different direction. Their goal is simple – survival. When a crisis hits people respond in different ways and that can be a problem. Emotions are high...
Robyn Jackson is a former high school teacher and middle school administrator. She is the founder and president of Mindsteps Inc., a professional development firm for teachers and administrators that provides workshops and materials designed to help any teacher reach...
Effective leaders are proactive. I admire how quickly leaders around the world got remote learning up and running. Now they need to operate with one foot in the present and another foot in the future preparing for what is to come. In the mastermind, we...
Many educators are raising their hands because they are drowning and putting in much longer hours than usual. That might be due to learning the new tools of school in a remote space, but it also might be because of a lack of priorities. Batching tasks (or...