Great Teaching: Something We All Should Aspire To

Great Teaching: Something We All Should Aspire To

Written by David Branson Originally published in 2012 with permission from Conn-Selmer Keynotes Magazine The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. ‘The great teacher inspires.’ – William Arthur Ward...
Youth Arts Leaders Conference 2022

Youth Arts Leaders Conference 2022

Friday & Saturday, 2 & 3 September 2022 [Group A] Saturday & Monday, 3 & 5 September 2022 [Group B] NUS U-Town, 9am to 5pm $70 (Lunch Included) Register here or email info@wbas.org.sg for schools YOUTH ARTS LEADERS CONFERENCE 2022: LEADERSHIP IN ACTION...
Seven Myths about Leadership

Seven Myths about Leadership

[blockquote author=”R. Buckminster Fuller”]The things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and no one else seems to see need to be done.[/blockquote] There are countless myths many young people have about the mysterious...
Personal Values of Student Leaders

Personal Values of Student Leaders

[blockquote author=”Charles Dudley Warner” ]It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. [/blockquote] When asked who would like to serve in a leadership role in the classroom...
Choosing Solution-Driven Leaders

Choosing Solution-Driven Leaders

[blockquote author=”Toller Cranston” ]To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to cross new frontiers, or to introduce subtle shadings to an established color.[/blockquote] How...
The Real Key to True Leadership

The Real Key to True Leadership

[blockquote author=”Ralph Waldo Emerson” ]Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.[/blockquote] How many times have we all heard the helpless statement, “I just can’t seem to motivate my students?” That is absolutely the truth!...
A Template for Building Successful Leaders

A Template for Building Successful Leaders

[blockquote author=”” pull=”normal”]Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.[/blockquote] As we examine today’s most successful leaders, there are some obvious key characteristics that...
A Paradigm Shift for Today’s Leaders

A Paradigm Shift for Today’s Leaders

[blockquote author=”Elizabeth Bibesco” pull=”normal”]Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.[/blockquote] The entire realm of leadership training has taken a dramatic shift over the past three decades or...
One for All, All for One

One for All, All for One

Cooperation Creates Victory We are a society that thrives on competition. We compete in school for grades, we compete in our professional lives to achieve positions and titles, we compete in our daily life-patterns for everything from a faster lane on the freeway to a...