Building relational capital is how Tommy Spaulding explains creating relational equity in his book entitled It’s Not Just Who You Know. With a wealth of information that I am sure to reference repeatedly in my own research, Spaulding exposes the reader to “relationship economics…how to define relationships that matter, how we can create relationships that …
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Follow Where You’ve Been
Not confident enough of when this event specifically occurred to provide an exact age, I want to discuss my first experience mowing the lawn since it was memorable enough to share a lesson from that day. No, I didn’t cut down all of my mom’s irises (that was a neighbor, not me); and no, I …
The One Question You Never Want to Hear from Students — Growing Leaders
Parents tell me that their kids are asking them far fewer questions than they used to ask their parents when they were growing up. There’s nothing scientific about this observation, but I tend to believe them. Why? Because kids today have a portable device. They can Google. They can YouTube. I loved the questions my…The One …
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Just Be Curious
http://www.pbs.org You are now challenged to NOT smile when you view the picture of Curious George! His portrait adorns the wall of my office to the delight of one of the Sinclair children, but George is gazing through his binoculars dreaming about what adventures lie ahead as a reminder to all my students, and myself, …
Relational Equity and NAIA Basketball
It’s 11:30 p.m. on a March Friday night at Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee and the last game of the second round of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Division I National Tournament is currently on the court. Hands rest on the keyboard prepared to enter the next missed shot and rebound for whichever team is presently …
Return on Relationships
As we explore the significance of creating relational equity, I will offer various perspectives on the relationships we establish in our lives both personally and professionally and the importance of the varying depths of those relationships. Although it may not always be a simple task, or even necessary, to categorize each relationship we encounter in …
The Strength of Weak Ties
Repeatedly mentioned in the research of Gen Z, mentoring, and lifespan development, the theme of what Meg Jay calls weak ties and Tommy Spaulding refers to as lower-floor relationships is fascinating. These concepts contrast to the ideas presented in the Who’s in Your Posse post but speak to the need for all of us to …
Flourishing @ Life 