Do you ever wonder how we can help students become their best selves, build positive relationships, and help them see that being ‘good’ is actually cool? 

In this episode of Leadership Blueprints, we are joined by Jeff Bryan, co-founder of the Positivity Project, an organization that empowers students to build character, take accountability, and strengthen relationships within school. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about Jeff’s experience at West Point and on deployment, how he and Mike Erwin started the Positivity Project, their mission, and how they achieve their goals. 

We delve into how schools partner with them in person and online before discussing how sports coaches and teachers can make positive character traits aspirational. He even tells us how he has turned his experiences as an athlete into memorable moments of self-growth and awareness. Finally, he shares his advice on relationships, character, and making hard work fun. 

To hear all this and so much more, press play now! 

Key Points From This Episode:

•   Helping kids cultivate positive relationships and be their best selves. 

•   How their partner schools engage with them and what they receive. 

•   Jeff explains their in-person training and digital on-demand training courses. 

•   Making being a good kid cool, and how coaches can do that on the sports field. 

•   His biggest piece of advice as an athlete who became a leader. 

Quotes:

“What we lay out are daily 15-minute lessons – and we help [schools] understand, engage, and connect their character skills over the course of the week.” — Jeff Bryan

“Consistency over time is what really makes kids understand what character is.” — Jeff Bryan

“Failure isn’t final – it’s not the end. You’ve just got to keep going and keep putting in the effort.” — Jeff Bryan

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jeff Bryan on LinkedIn

Jeff Bryan on X

The Positivity Project

Deep Work

Why Self-Awareness Should Be the First Step in Every Leader’s Development Journey with Mike Erwin

Leadership Blueprints Podcast

MCFA

MCFA Careers

BJ Kraemer on LinkedIn