Month: September 2019

• Outer mess, inner stress?

  

  “Tell me something you don’t like”, I asked my student. “I don’t like when things are messy.” “”Really”, I responded, “why? “ I don’t know.” “Okay, well, what does it make you feel?” “No idea.” “You just don’t like it. You prefer when things are in their place, organized, structured?” “Yes, let’s say I arrive…

  Claire Maria Ford

  September 27, 2019

  adhd, Brain Break, Culture, esl, failure, family, family life, growth, growth mindset, human resources, industrial relations, leadership, personal development, productivity, responsibility, self-care, stress management, teaching, workplace wellbeing

  belief systems, beliefs, dealing with stress, emotional balance, inner well-being, mindset change, stress, stress management

• When saying good-bye is hard to do

  

  ‘There must be around ten people who have left the company lately‘, complained one of my students this week, as he went on to admit that he found it hard.   As I asked questions, his colleague joined the conversation and I could feel the turmoil, questioning and well, sadness at the state of affairs.…

  Claire Maria Ford

  September 18, 2019

  connecting, Culture, employee engagement, human resources, industrial relations, leadership, Mindfulness, productivity, responsibility, Uncategorized, workplace wellbeing

  employee departures, employee movement, quit, resignation

• Teachers, you lead your students, but do you lead yourself, too?

  

  Brené Brown defines a leader as one who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential (Dare to Lead, Random House, NY, 2018, p. 4). That is what you, as a teacher, do every day. In and out of the classroom, during school hours and…

  Claire Maria Ford

  September 2, 2019

  employee engagement, esl, failure, growth, growth mindset, human resources, leadership, Mindfulness, self-care, Uncategorized

  authenticity, dare, lead, Mindfulness, school year, self-care, september, teacher, teacher life, teaching, wholeness