Resourcefulness, resilience, and collaboration are critical mindsets, and skill sets, for students to develop. For schools to support those outcomes, educators must have the opportunity to develop the same. Mitch Weisburgh, the author of, “Mindshifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success,” explores the importance and possibilities. What’s the role of wellbeing and […]

I’ve been becoming increasingly convinced that coaching that occurs in a conversational tone can have the greatest impact on an individual’s coachability and thus on their opportunity for growth. In an earlier blog, “Leading and Coaching with Hope and Kindness,” I explored  five qualities of a great leader as as shared in a Psychology Today […]

“Coachability is a crucial mindset that builds individual and teacher efficacy and thus student success. Coaching conversations should have a human connectedness built on hope, trust, gratitude, strength, and purpose.” (Jennifer Fraser, 2025, Leading with Hope and Kindness) Listen for human connections in a sample coaching pre-conference. Read the article, “Leading With Hope and Kindness: […]

In a Psychology Today article, Leading with Hope and Kindness: 5 Ways to Be a Better Leader, Dr. Jennifer Fraser reminds us that leadership is more than strategy and direction — it’s about creating human connections grounded in hope, trust, gratitude, strengths, and purpose. As I read the piece, I couldn’t help but reflect on […]

Gallop has released (2025) Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want which contains some areas for school leaders and coaches at all levels to consider as we examine our practices and development. “This research into followers’ needs does not, on its own, answer the broader question of what makes a good leader. The answer lies in […]

Former classroom teacher, school administrator, and district-level leader, Angie Freese, works with educators as a facilitator, coach, practitioner, and mentor. She empowers educators’ efforts to interrupt antiquated and ineffective practices that only work for some to generate sustainable growth and performance for all. Angie is the founder of the Meant for More Collaborative, an organizational […]