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What Your Teen May Not Be Telling You
In this session, Dr. Alan E. Nelson, Ed.D. interviews Linda Videll, a recently retired school counselor with over 30 years of interacting with 1000s of teens. While focusing on leadership development, parents will...
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7 Symptoms of Low Influence in a Child/Teen
This podcast begins with a fable that relates to how parents frequently steal from their child's life account, the ability to thrive. Dr. Nelson shares 7, research-based symptoms of low influence, children and teens...
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From Helpless to Hero: 1 Thing Your Child Needs to Lead
In this podcast, Dr. Nelson offers an extremely productive but little-discussed quality for kids to develop, called an internal locus of control. Don't let the name intimidate you if you've not heard of this. Children...
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Communication Hacks Every Parent Needs – Listen Up!
In this podcast, KidLead Academy founder, Dr. Alan E. Nelson, interviews Dr. Dennis Coates, the author of Connect With Your Kid and co-founder of Grow Strong Leaders. Denny gives practical ways to communicate more...
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Developing Teen Leaders: Advice from a top Canadian trainer
In this session, Dr. Nelson interviews Holly Bates, a top young leader developer in Canada. Holly has trained 100s of teen leaders over the years and also is the mother of three teens. You'll learn a lot about...
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5 Conflict Management Tools for Young Leaders
Young leaders and new bosses need 5 tools in their toolbelt to be effective at managing conflict well. In this short lesson, Dr. Alan E. Nelson, Ed.D. offers keen insights into the Thomas-Kilmann model that will set...
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Sitch Leading
This podcast provides an understanding of situational leadership (Drs. Blanchard and Hersey) by Dr. Alan E. Nelson, Ed.D. You can use this to develop the young leaders in your family or new bosses you know. A video...
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Decreasing A Teen's Rebellion
In this section, Dr. Nelson interviews the author of Teen 2.0, Dr. Robert Epstein. You'll get invaluable information, specifically when it comes to raising young leaders, as they can be very strong-willed, opinionated...
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Advice from a Top Young Leader Trainer in Canada (2 of 2)
In this 2nd part of an interview with Jenni Colwell, one of Canada's top young leader development experts offers examples of projects that display the ability of future leaders to make a big impact in real-world...
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Are You a Seagull Parent
In this short podcast (5 min.), Dr. Nelson offers advice for parents to develop their child's leadership potential, by avoiding Seagull Parenting. The term "Seagull Management" was coined by Dr. Ken Blanchard in 1985,...
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Advice from a Top Young Leader Trainer in Canada (1 of 2)
In this 1st of a 2-part episode, Dr. Nelson interviews one of the most experienced young leader trainers in Canada, Jenni Colwell. Over the years, she's trained 100s of preteen and middle-school students. Jenni shares...
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