Leadership Is a Life Skill: Preparing Every Student to Lead and Succeed, Aug/2018

Go beyond basic leadership training and transform your district, school, or classroom into one where leadership is built into the foundation. Beyond academic knowledge and technical skills, it’s often our ability to lead that brings success. Award-winning youth leadership expert Mariam G. MacGregor believes all kids can be leaders, not just those who hold traditional student leadership positions such as class president and team captain. Emphasizing learnable skills, this book’s leadership approach is rooted in social-emotional acuity and character. The benefit? A more positive school culture with students who see their own leadership potential and are prepared to succeed now and, in the future, whether they go to college or directly into the workplace. Includes digital forms with activities, planners, and surveys.

Review:

“If you are looking for a book to transform your school system, this is it. Practical, thoughtful, comprehensive, informative, helpful, positive, and personal, Leadership Is a Life Skill will help you make a difference at the ground level whether you are a student, teacher, staff, administrator, parent, or board member.”—Barry Z. Posner, Ph.D., professor of leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University and coauthor of The Leadership Challenge
 
“Leadership Is a Life Skill is a thoughtful guide for cultivating a leadership culture that will benefit students of all abilities. As a mother of a child with multiple disabilities, I am encouraged by the inclusive strategies and activities Mariam presents to support and develop confident, tolerant, and empathetic current and future leaders in our schools and communities.”—Jocalyn Briggs, certified teacher for students with visual impairments, inclusion specialist, and disability advocate

About The Author:

Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S., is director of Employee Engagement and Organizational Strategy at TCU and a nationally recognized leadership consultant who works with schools (K–12 and higher education), nonprofit agencies, faith groups, and communities interested in developing meaningful, sustainable leadership efforts for kids, teens, and young adults. Mariam lived in Colorado for many years, where she served as the school counsellor and coordinator of leadership programs at an alternative high school and received honorable mention for Counsellor of the Year. She also worked with college student leaders at Syracuse University, Santa Clara University, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Texas Christian University (TCU), and was the youth volunteer trainer for Night Lights (a respite care program that serves families of kids with special needs) and EPIC Mentors (a program started by one of her sons at his elementary school that pairs peer mentors with kids with learning challenges). She currently lives in Texas with her husband and three kind kids.