Tag: authenticity

• Disruptive English Classes?

  

  I sure hope so! That’s my goal! Since I arrived in Quebec City over 30 years ago, I have taught ESL in a variety of contexts: day camps, private adults classes, the public school system, the private school system, vocation training, tutoring, business classes… and one thing I learned is that people don’t want to…

  Claire Maria Ford

  February 7, 2021

  coaching

  authenticity, business English, coach, connection, development, ELT, ESL classes, learning, professional development, training

• Just be real!

  

  Reclaiming humanity in the workplace… that sounds interesting! A student and I were checking out the website of one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Best Business Practices Tradeshow to take place in Montreal. Her name is Patty Azzarello and is a northern New Jersey native who has risen to become a Silicon Valley…

  Claire Maria Ford

  November 19, 2019

  authenticity

  authentic leadership, authenticity, best management practices, corporate environment, corporate world, leadership, patty azzarello, self empowerment, teamwork

• 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