Recognise, trust and support young leaders and they will astound you every day. At my school, our Student Body President leads a team of approx. 70 students. In only a few short years, our student leadership program has become sustainable, high quality and influential across our region. This article, hopefully, provides provocation and advice...
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A system is defined as a cohesive conglomeration of interrelated and interdependent parts that can be natural or human-made, according to ‘The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization’. The human body is a system with subsystems that work internally so the human body can function with and interact with its...
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How would it feel to have the confidence to respond to anything that happened in your career? Interviewing, negotiating your salary, working with challenging bosses/co-workers, all the way up to losing your job unexpectedly? What if I told you that was possible? Well, through leveraging the tenets of improv, it is possible. I am...
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So you have worked hard and managed to complete your studies and have secured your first job. Obviously, the next step is to master the corporate game and land your dream job after working your way up through hard work and dedication. Once you are settled, you start to realize that building your career...
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You are staying in a fancy house; you drive the best car. You have the most expensive clothes, and you are going out every weekend trying to live an Instagram life. Then, one night it hits you, you are trying to make dinner, and all you have is a loaf of bread and peanut...
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Living in an ever-changing and technologically advanced society offers challenges and opportunities to educators and students. Recently, educators have had to navigate a pandemic and the repercussions of changing delivery modes of their classes with little to no warning and the implications of students who are becoming less and less comfortable in and exposed...
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Success looks different for many people. For me, success was rooted in a journey that began halfway around the world and led me to a lifelong passion that I am fortunate to share with others. Here is my story. People often ask me if I’m from “the islands” (referring to the Jamaican Islands) because...
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I have the good fortune to be a Licensed Public Insurance Adjuster. Many of you will ask, “What is a public insurance adjuster?” I am someone who is licensed to represent the policyholder against the insurance company to advise, assist, prepare and negotiate a property claim on your behalf. Many of you will say...
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You have to be in love to lead for digital transformation. I am not referring to the fairytale, “love is blind” kind of love. But you need to be the lucid kind of in love. The kind that sees the beauty in the other person but is also starkly aware of their brokenness but...
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Everyone jokes about wanting to quit their job from time to time. This is something that everyone experiences throughout their careers. But sometimes, it’s more than a joke. Let’s be real. Thinking about leaving your job can be incredibly anxiety-inducing and full of what-if scenarios. You’ve worked super hard to enter the workforce, and...
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