It is graduation time. After the celebration and the well-wishing for our graduating students, let’s take a few minutes to assess where education is. I know, we are all very interested in taking off, going for summer, sitting by a pool; but just a minute, let’s see how we as educators and administrators are doing.…
My latest book is out now, on Amazon.com and in Kindle format. I originally wrote it for my grandsons. They needed help with spelling. It never has been taught in a sensible, organized fashion in public school and they couldn’t intuit it like I could. I also realized that all Montessori teachers who teach in…
Lots of managers complain that their team is not as smart as they would like — or as hard working. Guess what.. the old saying about pointing out someone else means more fingers are pointing at you. Learn how to motivate and set your team free to achieve their potential. Great management doesn’t come naturally. …
Remember Henry Ford? He was the business breakthrough of his day. His innovations we depend upon today. What would you life be like without the automobile? Without the assembly line? Here is Henry Ford on the topic of training, but a business owner’s perspective: The only thing worse than training employees and having them leave…
Leadership is in short supply. Leadership takes vision + management skills + the ability to inspire. Too many managers simply blame those under them, not realizing they themselves have caused or cultivated the problems they have. Sometimes they even imagine them! Too many times all of us just try to get by, without allowing ourselves…
Do the people you work with know what you expect of them? Do they know what to expect of you? Pause, please, and really consider those two questions. If I walked into your workplace and asked your team these questions, would I get immediate answers? Would I get consistent answers? Would I get answers you […]…
Getting to a great outcome for coaching can be tricky. Clients—the recipients of coaching—can always tell you if they enjoyed the process. They can even tell you if they found coaching to be helpful. But it’s often more difficult to determine the actual value in business terms or in life outcomes. What happens on the […]…
As Andy Williams crooned, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” No, I’m not talking about Christmas. I’m talking about March Madness! I’m a big fan of college basketball and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is like Christmas in March. There are always underdogs upsetting the established favorites and feel-good stories of players overcoming […]…
Do you remember a time when you left a training session full of valuable knowledge that you were just itching to apply? Unfortunately, when you got back to your workplace, there was a pile of catch-up work that immediately became your top priority. And time out of the office had caused your inbox to explode. […]…
LOL, I do not know why children doing chores has become the latest controversy. However, thanks to Rasmussen colleges, Brianna Flavin, I was quoted about some basic Montessorian concepts, specifically, care for the environment. http://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/spring-cleaning-for-kids/