Leadership Skills Necessary to Succeed – Harvard Business Review

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman write an interesting article in the Harvard Business Review (July 2014) about the leadership skills necessary for success and how they change as one moves “up the ladder.” You can read the article by clicking HERE. A summary of these skills as presented in the article is below.  

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In Oregon – Vocational Students Drive Graduation Growth

 This isn’t just limited to Oregon – but are you really surprised that students stay in school to graduation IF they think they are learning something relevant? To read the article, click HERE.

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The Surprising Thing Google Learned About Its Employees — and What It Means for Today’s Students

Interesting Washington Post article about what Google thinks students SHOULD be learning in school. Didn’t we know this thirty years ago – and didn’t we try to do something about it – only to be sidetracked by standardized tests??  A collective “DUH” is needed.. To read the article, click HERE.

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Molly’s Project

Molly’s Project Sunset always comes early in January, and when Molly arrived home from school, the darkness had already set in. At least there’s a little more daylight each day, Molly thought as she walked up the stairs on the front porch and opened the front door. Whenever she came home from school and walked […]

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Don’t Be Bamboozled! Our Constitutional Republic Depends on Your Critical Thinking!

Don’t Be Bamboozled! Be a member of an INFORMED ELECTORATE! If you aren’t, then it may cause the destruction of our Constitutional Republic. The solution? You must make sure your thinking process is valid—i.e., that the process by which you draw conclusions isn’t backwards. It’s a process called “critical thinking” and it proceeds from a […]

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