The Stories We Tell Ourselves

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Stepping into a classroom, Zoom room, or starting a conversation with someone new is always tricky. You tell yourself you are ready. Inside, you feel energized and afraid at the same time. I remember the story I needed to say to myself the first time I taught a...
Spring Clean Your Feedback

Spring Clean Your Feedback

You know that wonderful feeling after you’ve finished a good spring-cleaning? The feeling of everything having a place, closets purged, and calm surrounds you if only for a moment? (Yeah, mine doesn’t last long either) There is that brief moment before maybe the kids...
Impactful Recognition in a Virtual World

Impactful Recognition in a Virtual World

As leaders, it’s all too easy to underestimate the value and impact of recognition as a key tool for engagement, too easy to speed through recognition with a simple “good work” or “great job,” creating the minimal check off the list for recognizing work well done....