Students that desire to be successful need to nurture their leadership potential. They must develop self-leadership skills. We have an obsession with leadership. Just search Amazon for books on leadership and you'll find nearly 180,000 individual books on the subject. Corporations spend billions of dollar annually training their current employees on leadership skills. Virtually every high school has a leadership program. Universities all have leadership courses and programs. Many of these … [Read more...]
Greek Life has Received a Failing Grade
3 Ways To Regain Pride In Greek Life It's abundantly clear that the reputation of Greek life has suffered. Fraternities and sororities have been suspended or closed due to hazing in states from North Carolina, California, Texas, Virginia, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Florida (stop hazing now). We're all aware of the racist rant on the bus buy a few students from the University of Oklahoma back in March. Binge drinking and sexual misconduct are ever increasing issues. Greek life has received a … [Read more...]
Atlanta Public School Educators Convicted of Cheating.
Convicted of Cheating. Does the punishment fit the crime? I'm not going to pretend to know the details of the trial involving the Atlanta public school educators convicted of cheating today. Nor do I understand the extreme pressure these educators found themselves under. There are many details and layers behind what would make seemingly upstanding hard working teachers cheat. Yet, they choose to do so and now they will suffer the results of their actions. This is not a simple case of … [Read more...]
Why Military Teens have a Higher Risk of Suicide.
Military teens have a higher risk of suicide. A recent study in California shows that adolescents from military families are more likely than non-military youth to think about, plan and attempt suicide, according to a new study. Researchers found that nearly 12 percent of military-connected youth reported attempting suicide, compared to 7 percent of non-military-connected youth. Approximately 24 percent of military-connected youth reported seriously considering suicide compared to 18 percent of … [Read more...]
3 Myths of Military Leadership
Is there really a difference in military leadership and civilian or business leadership? The answer is defiantly yes and no. I know you must be thinking, "thanks for clearing that issue up." This issue can be complicated. Foremost, it's complicated by a general misunderstand about what basic military leadership is about in the minds of those who have never served. The 3 Myths of Military Leadership Myth #1: Military leadership is about giving orders and having people blindly … [Read more...]
Your Kid’s Cut From The Team, And It’s Posted As Sports News.
So have you ever been cut from the team? I have and it sucks. Yes, I could have used a nicer word but that's not how it feels. Today, I was shocked to see an article on MSN Sports about David Beckham's 16 year old son being cut from an elite youth academy soccer team. It makes my heart hurt for this kid. How bad must he feel being cut from the team? If that's not bad enough factor in who his dad is and it must make it 100 times worse to see it in the news. For those of you who don't know David … [Read more...]
Students Carry 2 Book Bags: One Seen, One Unseen
Every student carries two book bags to school every day, one seen and one unseen. No matter their age, each student has two book bags overflowing with stuff.The first book bag is the one we see thrown over their shoulder. It's full of textbooks, notebooks, pens, and paper. They carry bottled water, gum, snacks, and sometimes last week's lunch that got shoved to the bottom and forgotten.By the way, what is that smell in your car, son? The other book bag, the unseen bag, is overflowing with the … [Read more...]
Leadership Lessons from The Hunger Games
The wildly popular book and movie series, The Hunger Games can teach us a great deal about leadership. First, we need to move beyond the graphic violence being afflicted upon young people by their peers. We need to move past the dark nature of an oppressive government forcing the youth of their society into such violence, as well as controlling the wealth and privilege of a few in spite of the hardships of the majority. When we do so, we can see the positive leadership traits on display … [Read more...]
Success Starts with Your Attitude
It’s been said, “success starts with your attitude.” Do you think this is right? Well, if you don’t think you’re going to be successful, I’ll bet it’s unlikely that you will be. The science of psychology has proven that what you think about yourself directly reflects upon your performance in most every area of your life. So, if the saying is true, let’s start working on developing the skills of a positive attitude. … [Read more...]
Influential Leadership
At some point in everyone's life they will find themselves in a leadership position or role. It’s inevitable. Leadership is part of life. Leadership comes more naturally to some than others, but leadership is a skill that everyone needs to learn and develop. There are many different styles, methods and personalities of leadership. They are all about influencing others to achieve a goal. … [Read more...]
