Better Than Ezra

the report was initially shocking, I made a commitment to learn from this feedback. After this weekend, I had already developed a plan of action to become a better leader, and to Inspire a Shared Vision with others. In this essay I will explore my leadership journey since the Pajaro Dunes, and outline the actions I took to become a better…

Cooper, it started young. He would play on the same team as his mom — another avid player — and soon graduated to playing against her. He first got really excited about the game when he played “QUAIL” for 81 points and realized that he was getting better. He started going to local Scrabble clubs at age 7, when his parents were no challenge for him anymore. And it’s there that Lucky 13 was formed. COOPER 1 COOPER: (6:01) We’ve been friends since fourth or fifth grade, when he heard about…

for self and appreciating the boundaries of others; and learning how to resolve conflict in a constructive manner. Andy will attend these group sessions weekly for three months. If his weekly assessment scores consistently increase and stay higher than the baseline, and Stephanie and other staff agree they have witnessed improvements in his relationship skills, he will be allowed to reduce the group sessions he attends to every other week. If after that reduction, his assessment scores begin…

to improve that team will probably do better compared to their competitors. There is a financial investment that can be put towards education and personal improvement of the leadership team but more than the education we need to look at the results that come from it. We want to make sure that our leaders are continuously…

This is more of a long term goal than my others. The others will be attainable within the next month. My occupational goal is attainable within the next year to year and a half. This goal will also take a lot more involvement in lots of areas besides just the one occupational. In order…

department. Trevor indicated that at this time of year it was a position that required extra people to assist the demand. Following further discussion Trevor and I came to an agreement, removing Tania as a resource and committing Samuel to no more than 1 to 2 hours per day. I then reinforced requested actions from Trevor from prior discussions…

Identifying low-performing schools has received a lot of attention since the late 1990s and early 2000s. Previously, student performance problems were undetectable because test scores were received in aggregate (Meeting the challenge, 1998). In 1997, North Carolina for the first time received student assessment data by school; making it apparent which schools were succeeding and which were not. The federal education legislation No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 further increased a…

I do not like showing my weaknesses in front of others. If I cannot do something, then I will more often than not revert back into trying to disappear from gaining attention and let others take the lead. I dislike allowing myself to feel like I cannot be as good as others, but I become hesitant in practicing my weaknesses in front of others where they can…

the game you might have to readjust your plan to better combat your opponent. A study done by Queen Mary and University College London researchers found that StarCraft can improve cognitive flexibility in people who play it. In the study they had seventy-two volunteers who play games less than two hours a week. They took post-game psychological test, the study shows that the people who played the more complex version of the game performed better on the test (Glass, Maddox, Love, 2013). The…

the main targets when it comes to being in a dangerous situation, because women seen to lack physical strength, and may seem very fragile makes them a weaker opponent to take down than a man. Most of the time women think they’re not able to fight back because their defenseless against someone who is physically stronger than them. Women have to face problems with harassment, molesting and stalking. Most women who comes face-to-face with danger sometimes tend to panic, and become frozen with fear…