During a talk group exercise yesterday (StrengthBank® for HIgh Schools’  Talk Groups), I was dumbfounded by how superficial the kids answers were about where they saw themselves in the year 2020.  None could think past today and (more…)

In the high school classroom, teachers inherently, mistakenly assume kids, a captive audience, want to be there, are desirous of getting the information beyond just a passing grade, are ready to listen, will go along with few or no questions ask, and want (more…)

Wake up and smell the smoke. Until we get relational truths back into our kids heads, they flounder (more…)

We scream and cry out about what is happening in our schools and what is happening in the workplace. So, someone decides to bamboozle us with (more…)

A Dream Deferred, by Langston Hughes asks some good questions that fly in the face of our push to get kids to graduate from high school as the very least common denominator of success.
What happens to a dream deferred? (more…)

Are we creating a legacy into the workplace of graduating high school kids that are highly skilled barbarians? It appears we are doing just that. We (more…)

Mentoring the next generation happens when the next generation sees what we do on voting day.  Yep!  We either lead them forward or astray.  Freedom rings not because we can vote but because (more…)

I am convinced that the confusion about finding character programs to actually develop desirable character traits in high school kids stems from not understanding that character is not something you learn; it is  (more…)

Mentoring youth sounds anonymous and unattainable until you understand the StrengthBank® connection. StrengthBank® learned by business people becomes the mentoring curriculum for high schools. (more…)