Marcus Buckingham, called the “founder of the strengths revolution,” is known for encouraging leaders to focus on what they do best, rather than on weaknesses. In a Tuesday keynote at the Association ...
From Ford to Musk, the image of the successful entrepreneur has often been intertwined with a set of traditional ideals: unyielding confidence, unwavering determination and an unrelenting pursuit of ...
A front-page headline a few days ago in Springfield’s The State Journal-Register announced a record enrollment at the Springfield campus of the University of Illinois. That’s great news for both the ...
not have matched the quality of the speeches given by students coached by public school teachers. The tableau component of the event showed the important role of the arts as students demonstrated ...
As a child, the only standard my mom held me to was that of doing my best. She never compared my efforts to anyone else’s or asked if I’d made an A. She asked, “Did you do your best?” I was simply ...
In conversations about public education in Los Angeles, the focus often centers on challenges, funding gaps, overcrowded classrooms, and the difficulties facing large urban school districts. Yet there ...
Conversations about excellence are no longer reserved for boards of directors and senior managers. Excellence is a topic that has become commonplace in all levels of the workplace, even though ...