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Leadership comes in many forms. It’s a cliche to say, but it’s true! From heading up a multi-million dollar company, to working as a manager, to taking the reigns of a project on your team, to even just showing up for your kids, friends, and community outside of your work, leadership can encompass acts big and small, professional and personal, and truly permeate every aspect of our life. But for many people, great leadership isn’t something they really understand until they see it. Your boss handing you an assignment may be an act of management, but if they aren’t inspiring you to do your best or going out of their way to give you the support you need, are they really displaying true leadership? We feel that the FISH! Philosophy goes hand-in-hand with a concept known as Servant Leadership, and believe that by following the 4 core pillars of FISH!, you can mold yourself into a true servant leader that strives to make their team the best they can be.

Burnout isn’t fun. That’s obvious, but it’s worth saying up-front. Being burnt out is a uniquely different feeling than regular, everyday stress–after all, your average stressors may cause you discomfort in the moment, but once they pass, the feeling dissipates, and we go back to our day-to-day life. But when those stressors are constant, they begin to add up. Slowly but surely, the feeling stops going away and starts becoming constant. Even the smallest stressors cause you to pull your hair out, and it feels like no matter what you do, you’re struggling to keep your head above water. This is burnout. So what do you do when you’re feeling burnout? Fortunately, the FISH! Philosophy isn’t just great for making a welcoming, productive workplace–you can apply the four pillars of FISH! to help you manage burnout and get yourself back on an even keel.

  Educators are some of the strongest users of the FISH! Philosophy, integrating its four pillars into how they manage [...]

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