Questions: The Gateway to Learning
In my research around the monthly habits and dispositions shared in Onward, I often find videos that have been viewed a million or more…
Be a Learner
A Beginner’s Mind
The last section of Chapter 9: Be a Learner of Onward focuses on A Beginner’s Mind. The idea here is that you approach life…
Challenge: How Many Times Today Can You Ask This Question?
Throughout The Onward Workbook, Elena Aguilar offers a variety of activities that connect us to the habit and disposition of the month. This month…
Curiosity as a Precursor to Empathy
Each month here at Onward, Elena Aguilar kicks off the month with a video introducing the habit and disposition. Make sure you subscribe to…
Is Your Organization a Learning Organization?
As we focus on the habit of being a learner this month, it is a great time to also take a step back and…
A Meditation for Curiosity
The disposition that we are exploring in February is curiosity. It is a disposition that makes us want to investigate, listen, ask questions, and…
A Dive Into Shame
Each month at Onward we explore a habit and disposition as we learn ways to cultivate our resilience. We also take a dive into…
Tapping Into Your Growth Mindset
In Chapter 9: Be a Learner of Onward, Elena Aguilar shares that a growth mindset is the mindset of resilience. With a “growth” mindset,…
Identifying Your Learning Needs
We shared the Mind the Gap tool in a blog post in November when we were exploring the habit: Take Care of Yourself. We…
Adopting a “Rookie Smarts” Mindset
I was just a year in to a new position as an instructional coach when our superintendent suggested our leadership team read the book…