My Circus, My Monkeys

The new thing is for supervisors to coach their team members, but what even is that? In this weeks episode, we'll talk about why coaching is important, what it looks like, and how setting up a consis…

Your employees need ongoing feedback and development. It impacts not only their performance, but also their engagement. In this episode, we'll talk about using a strengths lens to give your team memb…

Being able to say no is crucial if you're a supervisor. Unfortunately, not many people have the assertiveness skills to do it regularly. When you can't say no, your schedule and energy get eaten up b…

We've covered quite a few topics during the podcast so far. In this week's episode we put together what we've learned about talents, stories, skills, and habits to solve problems and achieve objectiv…

When we think about everything we need to get finished, we tend to focus on time. How much time do we have and how long will everything take? We think, if we only had more time we could get everythin…

Supervising can be challenging when there's not a pandemic going on. In this episode, we'll talk about how to assess how you're doing supervising under this new virtual reality. Most people aren't ev…

What's the best way to increase your productivity? Invest in your talents! Step one is to figure out how your talents are showing up for you everyday. Talents don't always act like Strengths. When we…

We know how important student engagement is, but how much do you know about employee engagement. Gallup research estimates 70% of employee engagement is directly impacted by an employee's direct supe…

Just like your habits drive your ability to achieve your goals and an individual, our organization's systems and processes impact our ability to reach our institutional goals. We're so busy, that we …

How often you find yourself wanting to make a change, but it never quite happens? Or how many times have you worked with team members or students to help them improve their performance, but they can'…

Last week, I talked about how managing your thoughts is one of the best ways to manage your emotions. In this episode, we talk about ways to cut out unhealthy and unproductive thought loops. We also …

Many people don't believe emotions belong in the workplace. The problem with that is it's one of our most primary functions as human beings. Unfortunately, there are a lot of misconceptions about emo…

We all have stories and beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. Some of those stories help us be productive, but some serve a huge hurdles for us both as supervisors and just as humans. In t…

Holding your employees accountable is one of the hardest parts of a supervisors job, but it's also one of the most important. In this episode, we'll talk about why people have such a difficult time w…

Self care is a trendy topic, but what is it really? In this episode we'll talk about how important self care is - especially when you're a supervisor. We'll discuss why most of us aren't taking care …

Supervisors are under more stress than the people they supervise. This stress is often a byproduct of supervising, but that stress negatively impacts your ability to lead. In this episode, we'll expl…

In this episode, we'll look at the flip side of your talents - weaknesses. Most people think weaknesses are the opposite of talents - aka the things that don't come naturally to us and we're not so g…

It's August. If you work in education that means back-to-school, and this year there's the added bonus of a pandemic. We'll talk about some strategies that will help you and your team hold things tog…

How frustrating is it when you've given a team member a task or a project and they miss the mark? How much time do you end up spending redoing it or giving endless feedback so they can redo it? The d…

Supervisors have more stress and burnout, less work life balance, and worse physical well being than the people they lead. Supervising in education is stressful under normal circumstances, much less …