Strengths

You Are Not Broken

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Unemployment, Responsibility, Work, Social Networking, Oxygen, Employment, Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, Talents, Work-Life Balance, Strengths, Professional Development, Passion, Communication Skills, Women News

There is a pervasive cultural phenomenon telling you how to improve upon your weaknesses and fix what you are not so good at. I'm here to tell you that you are not broken!

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Convene Your Personal Board of Directors

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Social Networks, Professionalism, Employment, Careers, Strengths, Pro Bono, Networking, Business News

Why get stressed about growing, managing, or navigating your career path alone when you can utilize the wisdom of others who want to help you move forward?

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Knowing When It's Time To Fire Your Boss

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leadership, Interviews, Job Search, Unemployment Rate, Recruiting, Talent, Careers, Strengths, Micro Manage, Bad Boss, Managers, Accountability, Transferable Skills, Healthy Living News

In a decade of career coaching, I have learned that people don't leave jobs, they leave bad bosses.

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Race, Race, Race. Win, Win, Win

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arne Duncan, Children, Education, Race to the Top, School Reform, Strengths Movement, Obama, Strengths, Teaching, State of the Union, Parents, Education News

Last night's speech sent me racing back to the 1980s where the rhetoric around education was much the same as we heard this week in the State of the Union.

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Redefining Greatness (It's Complicated)

Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Core Competencies, Strengths Movement, Nuance, Strengths, George Bush, Walt Whitman, Gallup, Greatness, Healthy Living News

Greatness demands both decisiveness and flexibility, courage and prudence, strength and vulnerability, action and introspection. The true measure of greatness is our capacity to navigate between varying opposites.

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Students Know What Makes a Good School (VIDEO)

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Jenifer Fox, Education, Public Education Reform, School Reform, Urban Academy, Strengths, Education Reform, Teachers, Schools, Strengths Movement, Education News

Students at Urban love their school, take pride in their education and want to succeed. The model at Urban can be replicated without pouring millions and millions of dollars into a fancy new environment.

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The Career Hangover: What Do You Do?

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiring, Unemployment, Career, Job, Reinvention, Career Advice, Hangover, Jobs, Strengths, Swot, Business News

The natural tendency is to avoid people who ask about your job search. These may be the very individuals to lead you to your new job.

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Why do you Teach?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waiting for Superman, Strengths, Jenifer Fox, Education, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Teachers, Education News

What does it take to be an excellent teacher? It takes a wide variety of skills, emotional maturity and higher order thinking skills to be an effective teacher.

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What Is the Truth About Leadership? (Part 2 of 2)

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Exceptional Leaders, Bright, The Truth About Leadership, Inspirational, Capable, Strengths, Jim Kouzes, The Leadership Challenge, Barry Posner, Marshall Goldsmith, Leadership, Baby Boomers, Religious Leaders, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Teachers, Healthy Living News

Leadership is not about who you are or where you come from. It's about what you do.

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Back to School Tips for Parents

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Education, Children, Strengths Movement, Strengths, Schools, Parenting, Teachers, Students, Parents, Back to School, Healthy Living News

A new year means a new start and here are some strengths tips that will make the transition back to school easier for you and your child.

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Teaching Relationships

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jenifer Fox, Relationshops, Character Strengths, Children Schools K-12 Education, Virtues, Strengths, Parenting, Teaching, Learning, Stregths Movement, Healthy Living News

What do schools need to teach high school students? We are on the cusp of a great global educational change and the question we need to keep as...

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The Drama Of The Adopted Daughter

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Girls, Jenifer Fox, Relationships, Parenting Tips, Daughters, Teens, Strengths, Parenting, Adoption, Happiness, Healthy Living News

Between the ages of 14 and 16 girls begin the difficult search for independence. It is even more difficult for a daughter who has been adopted, as she is trying to find a separate identity from her adopted mother.

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The One Thing That Will Truly Impact Our Future

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jenifer Fox, Education, Arne Duncan, Race to the Top, Strengths, Education Reform, Schools, Parenting, Impact News

Our schools today will get to the top as soon as we are able to teach children to discover their vocation in life, their calling, their destiny.

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Parent-Teacher Conferences, a Time to Celebrate Strengths

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Strengths Movement, Strengths, Education, How to Improve Your Life, Strengths-Based, Parents, Parents Tips, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Teachers, Healthy Living News

It's parent-teacher conference time and you arranged your schedule three weeks in advance to attend. If you are like most parents, you feel a certain ...

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Does Education Matter?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Children, Ted Sizer, New York Times, Strengths, Education Reform, Media, Parents, Impact News

Education, to most Americans, is not the stuff of nightly news. Or, perhaps, it isn't news because the media is unsure of the critical importance of education reporting.

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Who Are Your Facebook Friends?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Twitter, Jenifer Fox, Relationships, Strengths, Social Networking, Facebook, Networking, Healthy Living News

Social networks are uncharted waters for everyone, and it's natural to wonder how to stay afloat in the rising tide. With so many people bobbing around, there has to be a system to make sense of it all.

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The High Cost of a Brand Name College

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Education, Strengths-Based, Sat, Strengths Movement, Act, Strengths, Schools, Edcuation, Parenting, College Admission, Healthy Living News

Since 1983, U.S. News & World Report has changed the way parents and students choose institutions of higher education, so that a college degree is only as good as its brand name.

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Study Shows How Happy Girls Can Become Happy Women

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Girls, Education, Strengths-Based, Women and Happiness, Marcus Buckingham, Strengths, Schools, Education Reform, Parenting, Life--Happienss-Coach, Happiness, Healthy Living News

In 2007, I traveled around the country with Marcus Buckingham. After reading many of the comments from unhappy women, I can't help but wonder if they would be happier had they attended a girls' school.

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What's Wrong With Our Schools? Part II

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Your Child's Strengths, Department of Education, Jenifer Fox, Teaching Controversy, Homeschooling, School Reform, Teachers Unions, Arne Duncan, Strengths, Schools, Parenting, Teachers, Education Reform, Eduation, Healthy Living News

True teaching talent reveals itself when the teacher struggles to engage students in the process, when he refuses to give up until he finds a way to bring about understanding and competence in the student.

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10 Tips for Discovering Your Child's Strengths

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Strenghts-Based, Education, Parenting Tips, Child Psychology, Children, Talents, Strengths Movement, Strengths, Positive Psychology, Children's Health, Parents, Healthy Living News

5. Listen to children. They know their strengths better than anyone. But in order to listen effectively, you must ask a lot of questions.

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