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Climb that Hill, Part 1: The Power of Difficult Conversations to Build Bridges Across Divides

by Katherine Berdy, Faculty and Host of Leadership Podcasts, gcLi; Director, Youth Leadership Forum in Birmingham, AL Let’s be real:…
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Cultivating Compassion: 3 Strategies for Building Leaders Who Care

by Kelsey Twist Schroeder, Ed.D., Faculty, gcLi; Middle School Principal, Georgetown Day School, in Washington, D.C. On the rare nights…
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The Pitfalls of Pigeonholing

by Sara Viveiros, Middle School Humanities Teacher at St. Andrew’s School in Barrington Rhode Island If you are reading this…
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Trusting the Next Generation

by Rishi Raghunathan, Faculty, gcLi; Head of Upper School at The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio What do young people…
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Leading from Within – Leadership Learning from gcLi to UPenn

by Laura Renard, Upper School Spanish Faculty and Spanish Coordinator at Heritage Hall in Oklahoma City, OK As part of…
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Creating a Context for Leadership: gcLi’s Founding White Paper

Leadership: The active, imperfect struggle, the exercise of character and values, and the willingness to be in dialogue with diverse…
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Everyone Does Their Best

by Andrew Prince, gcLi Faculty; Head of Senior School, Collegiate School in New York City “Well, I’m sure they are…
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Stretching to Become a Flexible Leader

by Lindsay Leal, Dean of Students at The Taft School in Watertown, CT In 2016, I had the incredible opportunity…


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