Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss how parenting has changed today, technology's role in a child's life, and offer four helpful parenting strategies for leading Generation Z.

Resources: 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid by Tim Elmore

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Social: @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

Kids today aren’t addicted to games just because they are fun. There is a real underlying sense of satisfaction that comes from playing games like Fortnite. The only problem is that video games satisfy these desires in artificial ways. Andrew McPeak and Tim Elmore believe that if parents want to help kids understand why they need to turn it off, adults should first seek to understand why they turned it on in the first place. Once we understand each of these motivations, then we can talk about healthy ways to meet the need—without the screen.

Resources: Habitudes for Social Emotional Learning, Marching Off the Map

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Social: @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

Adults (most of them parents) are afraid for our kids today. They are afraid of what can happen on social media, school shootings, drug abuse, cyber-bullying, terrorism, phone addictions, you name it. Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak dig into "anxiety" to discover why adults have become so fearful.

How and when did their “fear” paradigm begin?

Resources: Stressed Out

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Social: @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

Tim Elmore interviews President and COO of Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Dave Katz. Tim and Dave talk about the components of a healthy life-giving culture, the importance of core values and how to best apply these in your own work environments. Dave Katz is one of the featured speakers for our 2019 RoundTable for Principals in Atlanta, Ga June 20-21. For more information about this event, visit https://growingleaders.com/roundtable-for-principals/. 

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Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss three "f" word terms Gen Z uses today. These are important terms that adolescents use increasingly that not only describe a current reality, but they also explain at least some of their growing angst.

Available on YouTube 

Resources:

Habitudes for Social Emotional Learning

Growing Leaders Blog

Social: @GrowingLeaders @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

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Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss some of Tim's favorite books from 2018 and how they can add value to your life.

Resources:

The Growing Leaders Blog

The Coddling of the American Mind, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

Leaders, by General Stanley McChrystal

Lost Connections, by Johann Hari

The Courage to Teach, by Parker Palmer

The Power of Moments, by Chip and Dan Heath

Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, by Leonard Mlodinow

Your Teenager Is Not Crazy, by Dr. Jeramy Clark and Jerusha Clark

The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt

The Softer Side of Leadership, by Eugene Habecker

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@TimElmore, @GrowingLeaders and @AndrewMcPeak

Tim Elmore interviews Ginger Hardage, the former Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications at Southwest Airlines who has now launched Unstoppable Cultures, a brand designed to help organizations create and sustain cultures of enduring greatness. On this episode, Ginger shares the core values of Southwest Airlines, stories of her culture experience and practical ways to cultivate a healthy culture in any organization.

Event: Ginger Hardage will be speaking at the 2019 RoundTable for Principals

Social: @GingerHardage, @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

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Great leaders create the campus culture. Great leaders improve the culture, through his/her own style and personality, and lift everyone to a higher level— enabling them to perform better. Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss what it looks like for a great leader to create an engaged school culture.

Event: RoundTable for Principals 2019

Resource: Marching Off the Map by Tim Elmore

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Social: @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

Emotional intelligence in students has become a front and center issue for so many educators across America. Any student struggling with anxiety or depression will benefit from what educators now describe as: Social Emotional Learning or S.E.L. This topic is taking the K-12 educational world by storm, as a growing number of administrators recognize that students may be hindered from mastering reading, writing and arithmetic without the ability to manage their emotions and relationships.

Resources: Habitudes: Social & Emotional Learning

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Social: @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

"We live in a day of high stress and high pressure. We also, however, live in a day that pushes us to look outside for solutions rather than within. This causes stress to tax our coping skills because our answers are out of our reach." - Tim Elmore

Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss three trends on the rise for Generation Z and their possible ramifications. How can adults instead enable teens to build healthy coping skills themselves? By using the ABC's of Healthy Coping.

Free Resources: "Stressed Out"

Resource: Marching Off the Map

Social: @GrowingLeaders, @TimElmore and @AndrewMcPeak

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