In the blog post “5 Reasons Self-Awareness Matters for Leaders,” Mary Ryerse of Getting Smart gives five solid reasons why self-awareness is important in leadership: Self-awareness is a core leadership competency Self-awareness makes way for […]
Our Character Strength of the Month for January is Leadership. It is no coincidence that we selected this character strength as our theme at the same time we launched our 5 to Thrive School Culture Challenge. January is […]
We are just two weeks into the new year but this is typically about the time when I find myself re-considering all those good intentions I had on New Year’s Day. No matter what I […]
Mayerson Academy is issuing a challenge to education leaders to dedicate five minutes each day over the next month to engage in simple activities that will reframe their thinking and improve the culture in their […]
It might be a new house, new day, even a new Moleskine, but especially a New Year. Each presents the hope of creating new possibilities. Of course the opportunity to create new possibilities is with us […]
I have before me the daunting task of writing about spirituality. Sense of meaning. Finding purpose in something larger than ourselves. In my mind, kind of up there with creating world peace and reversing climate […]
We are very pleased to share that Stiller Family Foundation has awarded a $ 1 million gift to Champlain College’s David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry to plan and convene a national Positive Education Summit that […]
In late October, 2016 I joined a team of Americans who flew to Haiti to build homes, hand out food, and sort donations and supplies through an organization, BeLikeBrit Foundation. Each afternoon and evening I […]
Unlike our mammalian counterparts, humans are unique to suffering because we have language that gives voice to our many challenges. In fact, humans appear to be the only sentient beings on the planet that have […]
“You live in a world of rainbows and unicorns” my father has said to me on more than one occasion, commenting on my never-ending drive to make the world that currently exists match the idyllic […]