#MilitantPositivity Podcast

In this episode of the #MilitantPositivity Podcast, host Bob Nelson interviews Jesus Garcia, founder of High Performance Academy.

They discuss Jesus's journey from a professional soccer player to a youth developer, the challenges he faced growing up, and the mission of his organization to empower youth through sports.

Jesus shares insights on leadership, mentorship, and the importance of community engagement, as well as advic...

Armida Espinoza, author of Brave Lolis Learns English, shares her personal journey as a second language learner and the challenges she faced. She emphasizes the importance of changing negative self-talk to positive thoughts and encourages students to be resilient. Armida also advises teachers to listen to their students and have conversations about their struggles, rather than just labeling them as resilient. For parents, she sugge...

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In this episode of the #MilitantPositivity Podcast, Dr. Bob Nelson interviews Lowell Ens, the leader of Exceptional Parents Unlimited (EPU), an organization that supports families with children facing exceptionality. Lowell shares his background and how he ended up in the nonprofit sector. He explains EPU's mission to guide and strengthen families and children with unique needs through early intervention and suppor...

Dr. Shelley Jones-Holt, CEO of Leadership Legacy Consulting, discusses the importance of reflective leadership and family leadership. She emphasizes the need for leaders to be self-aware and willing to admit their mistakes in order to gain respect from their colleagues.

Dr. Jones-Holt also shares strategies for developing leadership skills in children, including getting to know them as individuals, setting goals, and checking bias...

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In this episode of the Militant Positivity Podcast, Dr. Bob Nelson discusses the importance of not always being liked as a leader. He shares his personal experience of being a chronic people pleaser and how he learned to navigate the challenges of leadership. Dr. Nelson emphasizes the need to prioritize the well-being of children and make decisions that may not always be popular. He advises leaders to ignore negativity and ...

Come meet amazing visionary and human being, Scott Buell, the Founder and CEO of Drone Legends! (And, perhaps more importantly, the self-proclaimed embarrassing drone lacrosse Dad of South Jersey!)

Scott is an incredible leader who left the pharmaceutical grind and followed his passion for drones into a pathway of changing the lives of young people through project-based earning, STEM career exploration, and 21st Century deeper lear...

Come partake in this awesome episode in which Wilma and her colleagues at CASA share how they are positively impacting the lives of foster youth across the Valley! Find out what they do to show loving support as well as how you can help- as an advocate, as a donor, or as a full-fledged champion of our kids for whom there in the greatest need... Our kids need love and adults whom they can trust!

And STAY TUNED TO THE END WHERE WILM...

We tend to associate "building a brand" with our friends in the private sector, but it is incredibly crucial for educational leaders to build their own brand that can build trust and predictability. People don't follow people whom they don't trust. It is that simple. Why are we likely to have so much angst in the leadup to the 2024 Presidential Election? It's ALL ABOUT STAYING ON BRAND... So come check it ou...

Connie Cha leads a team of 22 leaders who expand the world view of Fresno Students everyday! In collaboration with school counselors and college and career leaders, she helps in providing students in the city of Fresno with life experiences that they would not have by any other means! She is one of the many leaders that makes the Valley great! Come listen to her leadership journey and learn her crucial role in shaping the lives of...

It is critical for any educator, and any leader in any career sector for that matter, to begin their journey by coming to know themselves better. Good leaders know inherently that they don't have everything figured out. And when they receive feedback from others that may jar them off center a little bit, their first reaction is never to deflect or worse still, to lash back... We all have a need to improve. Here are some pract...

Just taking this opportunity to invite all of you to join me for the #MilitantPositivity Podcast! A couple of times each week, we will meet incredible educators from across our community, state and nation, and to think through some of the necessities in being an educational leader in today's ever-increasingly political world! Unapologetically from California's Central Valley, there is a very high probability we will talk ab...