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  Through their high school years, students become more aware that they have a unique personality which they become more and more in touch with as their self-identity develops. Academic research into the development of personalities tells us that as adolescents move more towards an adult like personality profile, there is an expectation that neuroticism…

A young female teacher is teaching at a prominent Boys High School. There are more men on the staff than women. She is new to teaching and in her early twenties. One day she enters the classroom of a male colleague to return a book that she borrowed from him. The lesson in his class…

The relationship between self-awareness and the development of leadership traits within students. At school level there are students who openly display “natural” leadership traits. These students are confident, charismatic, willing to follow rules and not afraid to speak out. Whilst “easy to see” traits can assist schools to select good leaders, the early stand out…

Leadership Literacy for Life (LL4L) has been designed to better prepare our future leaders. This leadership preparation course is the result of a recent doctoral research study conducted in New Zealand and South Africa which aimed to address the leadership crisis prevalent in demanding leadership roles such as enterprise and entrepreneurial leadership. The question that the research question…

My husband attended an education-themed conference in Auckland last week (January 2019).  He teaches sales and marketing part time at a tertiary college. He came home enthusing about a vibrant young speaker on the topic of Generation Z – which despite his vocation was a new term to him. Generation Z refers to those who…

As the founder and facilitator of the EnQPractice Circles of Empowerment EQ workshops, I work with groups of student leaders at both primary/ middle school (12/13-year-olds) and high school (17/18-year-olds) level. I have noticed a trend presenting itself quite differently in the progression from the younger to the older age group over the past few years, which…

In this article, we look at how the concept of leadership can first be introduced to students in an academic environment through the student leader / prefect selection process. A few weeks ago we received the news that a close family member had been appointed as a prefect (student leader) at his school for 2020. We…