Leaders press for change and challenge the status quo.

Managers focus on promoting stability and accepting the status quo.

Leaders set goals to accomplish otherwise the leader serves no purpose.

When transitioning to a manager role - skills don't always transfer over. To perform well you'll need influence besides position.

Organize what stresses you by identifying what you can eliminate or reduce. Then do so. If it's inevitable, find a healthy way to handle it and decrease the unhealthy ways of handling it or you can become bald.

Something that I learned in college is bring the problem but a few solutions as well. I know sometimes I struggle to share what's going on in my life because I think to myself, people don't want to listen. So I brainstorm ideas for myself of what I can do to help myself. I then put those ideas into the conversation to ease myself into sharing my stressors but at the same time feel comfortable doing so. My coworkers often have great ideas that they bounce off to me and I feel better sharing this time with them because often… >>>

Use technology to help engage students like kahoots. Have a folder or workspace that accommodates assignments for organization- physical and digital. Choose an allotted time frame to check emails instead of every few minutes.

Breakdown tasks on a to do list with detail to organize it by priority. And use the question, "What's the consequence if it's not completed?" to help organize priority.

Using an assessment tool is a 50-50 in students eyes. If used effectively it can bring desired results.

Be descriptive in the objective to match the final exam expectations to help students grasp specific content to pass. Use resources that are available and that already do this, such as learning objectives mentioned at the beginning of a chapter, that references what students are supposed to study.

Find a teaching style that works best for you and you cannot improve what you do not measure. Documenting helps give us an idea of what helped and what didn't.