Living Up to Your Fullest Potential with John Acuff

The Foggy Day Effect: The Secret to Hitting your Target: It is difficult to live a meaningful life without clear goals. Goals give us purpose. They give us energy. They give us motivation. In this episode, Tim and Andrew highlight one of our habitudes called “The Foggy Day Effect” and give real-world action st by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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What We Should Say as Our Students Perform: When kids are younger, parents often play the role of supervisor. They are right there on top of the issues. And they should be—young children need the support of their parents. As they age, parents must move to the role of consultants. Parents should st by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Compassion and Consequences: Can We Lead Students with Both?: As leaders, we must demonstrate our compassion by walking alongside the young adults in our lives as they face consequences that may come from their actions, showing them our care and belief along the way. In this episode, Tim and Andrew review the case by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Who’s Smarter These Days: The Young or the Old?: Our shifting society has sparked tension between generations at work. Our problem is we’ve failed to recognize the value each generation brings to the team. We assumed that if one generation possesses valued expertise, the other cannot. The fact is each by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Four Ideas to Help Today’s Kids Delay Gratification: A teen is programmed to break away from their parents. This is natural and healthy, but that doesn’t make it any easier for a parent or teacher. We want to rescue. We are nurturers. We want them to be comfortable, safe, and happy. In this episode, Tim an by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Seven Challenges All Young Employees Can Grow From: As “Help Wanted” signs on the windows of many establishments today have become more prevalent, it is important to consider the qualities young job seekers should learn when entering the job market. Too often, young adults don’t take entry-level positions by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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How Four Generations Differ in Their Approaches to Work: The generational diversity we feel in our lives is not going away anytime soon. Because people are living and working longer, we will experience multiple generations on teams we may be a part of. To wish for a homogenous group of people to work with is w by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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How to Capitalize on the Younger Generations on Your Team: Everyone has witnessed the culture wars. People in our society seem polarized over values and social issues. While I believe those battles are real, there’s a deeper issue at play that we have ignored. You might call it, “generational wars.” It’s happeni by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Live In A Way Today That Will Help You Thrive Tomorrow with Carey Nieuwhof: Carey Nieuwhof is a bestselling leadership author, speaker, podcaster, and former attorney. He hosts one of today’s most influential leadership podcasts. His podcast, blog, and online content is accessed by leaders over 1.5 million times each month. He s by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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How to Teach Social and Emotional Skills Without Being a Therapist, a Politician, or a Parent: We view building social and emotional skills as an act of personal growth for kids and young adults all around the world. In fact, we believe students who cultivate emotional intelligence and social skills are more likely to be a positive influence on th by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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The Sinister Consequences of Taking Shortcuts: Our 21st-century civilization conditions us to “hack” our way through life; to get behind the system and find shortcuts to make it work for us, faster and easier. In one sense, it feels like we’re beating the system, a system that always seems against us by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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One Secret That Fosters Responsibility in Teens: An identity crisis is defined as a period of uncertainty or confusion in a person’s life. A crisis occurs when a person’s sense of identity becomes insecure and unstable. It happens in both young and old and symptoms can include questioning your characte by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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One Social and Emotional Learning Step That Matures Students: Children need chores to aid in their maturation process. For years, researchers have proven that when a kid connects the dots that each person in a family plays a responsible role in ensuring the group succeeds, it has several benefits. In this episode, by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Three Essentials to Leading Someone from a Different Generation: Over the past few years, our department managers have hired people who are young, and we learned some valuable lessons along the way. Some of them were wrong hires. They weren’t bad people, just not a fit for our organization. Others were a good fit, but by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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How to Make the Most of Your Brain Based on Your Generation:   Our brains develop a little like wet cement. Our neural pathways are very pliable in our first twenty years and begin to solidify afterward. It isn’t that people can’t change as adults, it’s just that change is more difficult as we age. Our world by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Whiteout Conditions: The New Normal for Educational Leaders Today: You may be facing a combination of factors right now that have come together to create your very own version of whiteout conditions. Whiteout conditions are situations where a storm gets so bad that you can’t see even a few feet in front of you. These co by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Creating a Game Plan for Educators and Parents on ChatGPT: You’ve probably heard of ChatGPT. It’s been all the rage the first few months of 2023. It is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Open AI that initially launched in November 2022, but had its stable launch on March 14, 2023. By January 20 by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Timely Lessons for the Starving Baker With Randy Hain: In this episode, our very special guest Randy Hain is here to discuss his brand-new book, Upon Reflection: Helpful Insights and Timeless Lessons for Busy Professionals. In this interview, Randy offers timeless lessons and practical ideas on a myriad of t by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Teaching Students How to Build Social Capital: When a person (who may or may not be in a leadership position) possesses capabilities, qualities, or skills that others don’t have, they accumulate social capital. They earn influence. Their growing authority often has nothing to do with a badge or title by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Leading In Schools Today with Gary Davison: Dr. Gary Davison is a successful high school administrator and K-12 teacher. In his 33 years of service to students, he has developed dozens of young leaders into executive-level positions within the field of education. His proteges are leading schools a by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In with Ryan Jenkins: Ryan Jenkins is an internationally-recognized keynote speaker, virtual trainer, and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author on the topics of leadership, generational differences, workplace loneliness, and the future of work. For a decade Ryan has inspir by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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How Soft Skills Become Leadership Skills: While personal growth is important, the goal of social and emotional growth is greater than the benefits it gives young people in job qualification, behavioral improvements, or even academic performance. Soft skills are the beginning of the leadership jo by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Four Ideas to Develop Student Leaders on your Campus this Year: When we bake a chocolate cake, we know there are essential ingredients that make the recipe work. For that matter, baking or cooking anything tasty is not random. There are fundamental ingredients that must be added to reach a flavorful outcome. Similarl by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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What’s the right age to give your child a smartphone?: The negative effects of smartphones and social media are being recognized by today’s teens and many of them are not waiting for young adulthood to begin questioning the validity of their digital lifestyles. In this episode, Tim and Andrew talk about the by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Five Insights on Teen Loneliness from A Member of Generation Z with Kiera Colson:   Today we are experiencing a pandemic of loneliness. It’s global. And one of our interns this summer has been on a personal journey to discover the “human side” of this epidemic we all keep talking about. Kiera Colson was an intern with us at Growi by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Leading Disengaged Young People: We all know that today’s young people are distrusting institutions and leaders in greater numbers today than ever before. Often our individual preferences take precedence over the needs and preferences of those around us. Because of these realities, it c by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Who Is Responsible for Student Success?: When asked, “What is the most important thing that needs to be addressed when you think about this upcoming school year?” two subjects that rose to the top of the list for parents, teachers, and administrators were the safety of the school building and a by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Living Up to Your Fullest Potential with John Acuff: Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including “Soundtracks,” “Your New Playlist,” and the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller “Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done.” When he’s not writing or recording his popular podcast, “A by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Using Purpose to Make Change with Brett Hagler: Please be advised: The sound quality may be affected due to the podcast host and guest being in different locations. We still recommend that you listen to the amazing words of advice from our guest speaker because we believe it is incredibly relevant to by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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Three Organic Strategies to Engage Teens: Today many educators, coaches, and leaders look for a “life hack” or fresh ideas on how to keep often distracted students engaged in the fun of learning. When we better engage students, we help them to perform better. In this episode, Tim and Andrew give by Leading the Next Generation with Tim Elmore

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