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Introduction
Welcome What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall There has never been a more important moment in time to reach for […]
PART ONE: Fierce Awareness
The Opportunities The Science The Call to Get Fierce The OpportunitiesSection One The Future is a Choice – 1.1.1 What determines eminence is less a call to greatness but the call of character.Thomas Moore FIERCELY […]
PART TWO: Fiercely Alive
Who Are You How Do You See What Will You Do Who Are You?Section One What is Your Story? – 2.1.1 You tell the story first and then you live your way into it. Jonathon […]
PART THREE: Fiercely Navigating
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Acknowledgements
Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one’s world. Eleanor Roosevelt I owe my deepest, most heart-felt gratitude to many people […]
My Strengths Story
In 1989, one year after graduating from college, I got the call for my dream job. I was invited to help launch a design office within a large organization. My role was to provide color […]
Igniting Engagement Among Teams and Classrooms in Hong Kong
From New Zealand to Canada, our Mayerson Academy team has been fortunate to work with extraordinary educators around the world. Last week, we had the tremendous privilege of working with education leaders at Discovery College […]
Learning from Global Experts About How to Raise Positive Children
I don’t have children of my own; however, I am constantly around them. I enjoy observing how children are little people with the same wide range of emotions, temperaments, and behaviors as adults. I’ve also […]
The Strength to Change Systems
Does a glowing sunset stop you in your tracks? Do you lose track of time when strolling through an art museum? If so, appreciation of beauty and excellence (ABE) might be one of your signature […]
The NEW “Higher Order” Skills Gap
Reducing the actions of today’s successful professionals (doctors, lawyers, consultants, etc.) to their basic structures, we see a similar pattern of sophisticated skills to gather and analyze data, interpret data for meaning, and create and […]
Leadership is Like Herding Tigers
You may be familiar with the phrase “herding cats” – a term used to describe attempts to corral unwieldy folks or processes. In a slight twist, author, speaker, advisor and self-described “arms dealer for the […]
If You Can Be Replaced …
“If in your role as _____________, you can be replaced by artificial intelligence, you should be.” I heard this sentence a couple of months ago and the blank was filled in with “teacher.” Since this […]
Mayerson Academy’s Orton-Gillingham Program Graduates Achieve Results
At Mayerson Academy, we offer learning services to change-agent educators, helping them to feel empowered and confident in their expanded capacities. There is no greater joy than when we receive feedback from them about how […]
3 Ideas on Happiness and Well-Being from Around the World
Goldie Hawn, Jeffrey Sachs and Matthieu Ricard agreed when they spoke on happiness and well-being. At the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United […]
An Evening With Lea Waters: Raising Strong Children Recap
On January 11th, Mayerson Academy, Beech Acres Parenting Center and Children, Inc. welcomed author Lea Waters to Cincinnati as part of the Raising Positive Children: Global Author Series. Dr. Waters is an Australian psychologist, academic, researcher, author, and speaker who specializes […]
Mayerson Academy’s Online Orton-Gillingham Course and App Receive Accolades at the DyslexiaCon17
by Sonia Milrod
Mayerson Academy’s booth at DyslexiaCon17, the International Dyslexia Association’s Reading, Literacy, and Learning Conference was crowded with educators wanting to learn more about their Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading course – the only totally online course accredited […]
Raising Positive Children: Global Author Series
Buy Tickets Today! Today, perhaps more than ever, we benefit from hearing messages of hope—messages that focus on strengths, confidence, mindfulness, and resilience. In partnership with Beech Acres Parenting Center and Children, Inc., we are […]
Work Hard. Be True. Care for Others.
Recently we celebrated the first 25 years of Mayerson Academy at our Be Your Best. Move the World. event and invited participants to tell us what it means to “be at your best.” 150+ partners and friends who celebrated […]
Mayerson Academy is 25! That’s a Fact!
Mayerson Academy has been inspiring educators, organizations and communities to be their best for 25 years. That’s right—this year, we turn 25! As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, we’re taking a look back – and […]
We Agree on Something!
There seems to be endless acrimony and polarization in our national conversation on so many topics. That makes it especially exciting to me when I see important and productive issues for which there appears to […]
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