Author: Paul Tharma

With my commitment to leadership development for Next Gen leaders, I’m interested in our educational systems, K-16. Business leaders, as well as parents and grandparent, need to beware.
I’m curious what concerns you have.
I trust you find this article, published in the Stanley Promoter, by Dennis Patrick of value.
How well are schools serving the next generation of leaders?
School days, school days, good old golden rule days. Ahhh, such memories. Good memories. Unfortunately, those days are long gone, not to be experienced by our younger generations.

Over the July 4th celebration, we had a small tornado near our ranch, Eagle Springs. As a leadership development guru, I’ve written about the epoch shifts, the tornados, and your experiences culturally, morally, and demographically. Accelerating this tornado of change is technology, digitization, and artificial intelligence.
The reactions from my family members portray some of our feelings when facing these changes: my daughter is excited and in control, my 5-year-old granddaughter is looking to her mom for leadership, and my 1-year-old granddaughter is terrified.
Yet, in the midst of this vortex of change, some things remain foundational.
The opening sentence of Chapter 2 in Millennials Matter is, “A courageous core is the center to character strength. It provides a stable footing so you can impart a positive influence.”

Our first stop on our recent trip around the world (24 time zones in 23 days), was with our daughter, Danae, who's co-director of STEMM, a medical/educational mission in the foothills of Kilimanjaro.   While there, I trained local educational leaders on principles from my eBook,  5 Success Mindsets to Create Breakthrough Results. Gordon was grateful to see that I only packed an eBook and did NOT bring an extra bag to tow leadership development books!