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This powerful quote speaks to the heart of empathy and understanding in both personal and professional relationships. In today’s fast-paced world, especially in the workplace, it’s easy to focus solely on our perspectives, deadlines, and goals. However, Thoreau’s insight reminds us that taking a moment to truly understand someone else’s viewpoint can foster deeper connections, innovation, and collaboration. When we look through someone else’s eyes, we gain new insights—whether it’s understanding a colleague’s challenges, seeing the bigger picture on a project, or discovering a fresh approach to a problem. This simple act of empathy can transform team dynamics, spark creativity, and lead to solutions that would otherwise remain unseen. On platforms like LinkedIn, where we are constantly learning from one another, it’s worth considering how often we genuinely pause to see things from someone else’s vantage point. As leaders, team members, and collaborators, let’s strive to create environments where understanding others becomes second nature. It’s in those moments of connection that real progress happens. What steps are you taking today to look through someone else’s eyes? 🤔👀

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“Miss, I am feeling overwhelmed. I don’t know how to study”, said many of my Year 12 students in my first year of teaching. It’s a comment that takes me back to something one of my professors at university once told me when learning about pedagogy. “Never assume that students know”. It changed my whole perspective. Sometimes we think because we know, they know. However, often in reality - they don’t know. In my second year of teaching, I wanted to do something different with my HSC students. There was a gap and I wanted to close it. I didn’t want my students to feel overwhelmed and I wanted them to be confident in their studying abilities. I created a “HSC Survival Kit” session and held it in their first week of Year 12. In the session, the agenda includes the following: - A study schedule/timetable. It’s blank so each student can customise it to their needs. It allows them to plan specific times for studying each subject, with breaks in between. - Goal setting: Encourages students to set clear, achievable goals for each study session e.g. ‘I’ll complete 2 essays a week’ - Active learning technique(s). I provide students with different strategies e.g. summarise your readings, teach a peer or create flash cards. Each student learns differently. - Self-care: Explain the importance of enough sleep, a healthy diet and a balanced social/school life. - Seek help if needed: Remind your students of the different resources your school offers. “You can ask me, your peers or reach out to welfare” - Review and Adjust: Encourage your students to test what study plan works best for them and adjust as needed. Remind them that it’s okay to change it! - Stay positive: Remind students to stay positive and patient. Progress takes time and every little step forward is an achievement. By providing these practical tips and showing empathy, you can help your students develop effective study habits and reduce their feelings of overwhelm right from the BEGINNING. Do this, then do the content. Four years later, I still hold my “HSC Survival Kit” session. I am forever refreshing and refining it year in, year out. I refer back to it whilst teaching content throughout the year to remind my students that they’ve got this! It’s ONE lesson that can do so much for so many. #HSC #Teachertalk

What raises the stakes for you? Becoming aware of how our behaviors change in high stakes is the first step in learning to lead when the stakes are high. Listen in as Kay Harper and Kari McLeod, PhD describe their reactions and share what that sparks for you!

As someone who has spent years of my career as a team of one, this is absolutely hilarious. Even still, I've never really felt like a team of one because my work - more importantly, my successes - would never have been possible without working in deep collaboration with other teams. We've all heard jokes about sales and marketing being adversaries, but it doesn't have to be that way and, really, it shouldn't ever be that way. I don't have to be an official member of any department to consider myself part of that team. And while there have been times when I was the only one with 'marketing' in my title, the best workplaces have been those where I felt like my colleagues from sales, operations, HR, etc. have all been a part of my team in some capacity. When marketers elbow their way into meetings, projects, and conversations they may not have traditionally been a part of, they gain an edge that translates to stronger messaging, deeper understanding of the customer, and a much more critical role in supporting the strategic direction of the organization. If you're a marketer that truly feels like a team of one, it may be time to ditch old, title-based approaches to collaboration and start recruiting 'unofficial' teammates to succeed with. TL/DR: Don't let titles define who's on your team. Let teamwork do that.

Being honest and authentic is important! It will also get you the head of marketing position where you are managing people other than yourself.