When I was an 8th grader, we didn’t have enough boys in 7th and 8th grade to field a football team, so the school decided to let 6th graders play. This was both good and bad. It was good because we had enough kids to be able to play football …
wes 3 Question Leadership and Student Leaders
On Tuesday, I wrote about some ways I’ve been using the 3 Questions with our Student Leadership team. Today, I’ll share the simple nuts and bolts of how we’ve implemented and keep the 3 Questions out in front. But first, have you seen this post by Russell Martin over at …
How I Use the 3 Questions for Student Leadership
Today, I’m going to layout a little bit of the strategy of how I’m using the 3 questions to train and equip student leaders. If you’re not familiar with what the three questions are, I would encourage you to go read this first. Now that you’ve read it, here we …
Structure vs Creativity
Last week I talked about leading from creativity and leading from structure, using the backdrop of two recent woodworking projects. Today, I want to reflect a little more. I truly believe that effective leadership calls for both creativity and structure. There are times where being creative is the only way …
Leading from Creativity
Over the past 4 days I’ve completed two different projects, both of which have been furniture. The process I used to accomplish each one is quite different, however. My first project was something I’m calling a “grill prep station”. It’s construction was very basic. I had two pallets, one of …