@cdsmeaton

Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Retired Superintendent, former Adjunct Professor, Leadership Coach & Consultant

 Alberta, Canada
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Joined May 2011
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To all my followers I will be deleting my X account on Dec 01. You can find me on LinkedIn or on Instagram cdsmeatonconsulting Best wishes to all!
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How to Translate Hot Emotions into Positive Action - Leadership Freak

Hot emotions lie. They scream danger when your safe and kiss you with happiness during self-destructive choices. Conflict intensifies when passions govern your mouth. Feelings make overstatements....

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You Work too Hard When You Close Minds leadershipfreak.blog/2024/10…

You Work too Hard When You Close Minds - Leadership Freak

A leader with a closed mind has a disengaged team. Disengagement begins in the mind. Leaders who close minds defeat themselves. A leader with a closed mind is working too hard. Read more...

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Disposition is the Lens You Don’t See - Leadership Freak

Disposition determines decisions. You want to believe you’re open-minded, but your disposition narrows your focus. Disposition shapes perception and predicts responses. Read this post to expand your...

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Performance Goals are Useful, but Learning Goals Transform - Leadership Freak

Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement. A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you...

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How to Eliminate Self-Defeating Negativity leadershipfreak.blog/2024/10…

How to Eliminate Self-Defeating Negativity - Leadership Freak

Sadness is easy. Happiness is about patterns. You don’t choose self-defeating negativity; it finds you. This post explains how to use future-facing emotions to eliminate self-defeating negativity.

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Do This to Multiply Positive Impact - Leadership Freak

Measure the impact of your leadership by the energy you ignite in others. Skillful leaders multiply energy. Incompetent leaders exhaust people.  How is people's energy after spending time with you?

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How AI Could Transform the Way Schools Test Kids | KQED

Generative artificial intelligence carries the potential for more creative, authentic tests – but also carries significant risks.

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Students Won’t Always Remember What They’ve Learned. Here's How to Help. | KQED

Kids will forget things, but understanding how they best learn new information can help them retain it and build new knowledge.

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The Benefits of Raising Hopeful Kids in Cynical Times | KQED

Kids are well primed to absorb their parents' emotions, which is why having adults practice hopefulness can help kids realize their best selves and develop an accurate worldview.

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Refuel or Die - Leadership Freak

Fatigue isn’t overwork; it’s failure to refuel. You go dry when you pour out more than you pour in. You can’t flourish on empty. Life management is energy management. Depletion is inevitable apart...

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The Art of Staying Relevant cultureofyes.ca/2024/10/17/t… via @chrkennedy

The Art of Staying Relevant

Staying relevant is an ongoing journey. This is ground I have in part, covered before. In 2018, relevance was actually my word for the year. As said in that post in January of 2018, “I am desperate…

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12 Questions Leaders Must Answer - Leadership Freak

What are the 12 questions leaders must answer?

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Transforming Anxiety into Engagement leadershipfreak.blog/2024/10…

Transforming Anxiety into Engagement - Leadership Freak

I sent a note to several leaders, “People are often nervous when the boss shows up. How do you put people at ease?” The desire to please the boss causes anxiety. People may pretend they aren’t...

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The Leadership Imperative Every Leader Must Understand but Many Don’t leadershipfreak.blog/2024/10…

The Leadership Imperative Every Leader Must Understand but Many Don’t - Leadership Freak

Understanding people is the #1 leadership imperative. There are four ways to understand people. Use the lens of aspirations, motivations, potential, and shortcomings. (AMPS) Learning to understand...

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The Path to Power for Servant Leaders leadershipfreak.blog/2024/10…

The Path to Power for Servant Leaders - Leadership Freak

You didn't wake up thinking, "I want other people to run my life." Healthy people want power to make decisions. Normal people want a voice. Dominance perverts a healthy urge for power. Servant...

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When Parents Know These 4 Phases of Friendship, They Can Help Their Child Make Friends More Easily...

Choosing, initiating, deepening and transitioning — each of these phases plays a role in the development of social connections.

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5 Ways to Support Neurodivergent Students edutopia.org/article/how-sup…

5 Ways to Support Neurodivergent Students

An academic coach for neurodivergent students shares how to help neurodivergent students reach their potential throughout the school year.

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The Lies That Defeat Us leadershipfreak.blog/2024/10…

The Lies That Defeat Us - Leadership Freak

Lies have power because they feel true. Negative self-talk feels accurate even when it’s ridiculous. This post offers simple strategies that defeat the lies that defeat us. Begin by noticing things...

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