gcLi Leadership Podcast

At the gcLi we highlight leadership in it's many forms, so it makes sense that we speak to people in formal, titled leadership positions. However, if you've been around the gcLi for a while, you know that leadership comes in as many shapes and sizes as there are people. You also know that to teach leadership, you must pay attention, adapt, and capture teachable moments when you see them....

Kate Wade is the editor of the gcLi Leadership Blog and has covered stories central to the gcLi Mission , Educating Teachers to Teach Leadership to Students.  In addition, Kate is a teacher, middle school head at the Fenn School , mom, wife, daughter, ice hockey coach.  Today we talk to Kate about teachable moments, feedback and finding and walking the razor's edge of leadership.            ...

Dan Rice (Eggers) (he/they) is a performer, writer, and activist currently studying Music Theatre at Baldwin Wallace University. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, he is a Trans Youth Ambassador for the Alabama Chapter of the Human Rights Campaign . Dan founded TransEq an organization that provides workshops for professionals on transgender identity, history, equity, and dysphoria. It is a holis...

Dr. Kelsey Twist Schroeder is the Executive Strategist for Research and Planning at The Hamlin School in San Francisco, where she previously served as the Middle School Division Head. Kelsey has lectured on the pedagogy of leadership at numerous local and national conferences, and her writing has been published in Independent School Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, and U.S. Lacrosse Magazine.  One of...

If you’re going to the gcLi Leadership Lab   this summer, listen up.  This episode, featuring Emily Ihrke, will prime the pump for loads of learning at the lab.  Specifically, you’ll hear about how one school’s journey to create an ethical leadership program and in the process created a culture of leadership.  If you are new to the gcLi, you’ll enjoy hearing about some of the memorable phrases and...

Today's guest is known for his visionary and decisive leadership style in the high profile entertainment industry.  After 24 years at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Steve Mosko is the CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.  His leadership undergirds the talent that has brought us hit shows like; "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul", "The Crown" and "Bloodl...

Porscha Henson, MA, LCPC, NCC, RPT, Middle School and Upper School Counselor at The Park School of Baltimore (MD). She presented at the NAIS People of Color Conference.  She has a unique perspective on race, counseling and teachable moments.  Porscha believes in the power of one teacher and the opportunity school counselors have to leverage the Pedagogy of Leadership ® in daily work.  Porscha will...

Todays guest is literally a star.  Her roles on the West Wing and CSI Miami have brought her the fame many young girls dream of but in the world of the gcLi today’s guest is a star leader. In June of 2019 Emily started a program at Kern Valley State Prison called The Ground.  The Ground programs on yard C, otherwise known as the Sensitive Needs Yard.  Sensitive needs is used to describe a myriad o...

Part Two: How Students, parents and educators can help students with a project based leadership challenge to create something like LOG OFF or something students are passionate about.  Learn about how the six "P's" can help you create a leadership program. LOG OFF is a movement dedicated to rethinking social media by teens for teens. We interviewed LOG OFF's co-founder, Emma Lem...

LOG OFF is a movement dedicated to rethinking social media by teens for teens.  We interviewed LOG OFF's co-founder, Emma Lembke.   At LOG OFF, we are passionate about lowering social media's impact on mental health while teaching teenage users and their parents about how to navigate the vast inner -workings of life on social media. We wish to use an array of mediums, such as a podcast,...

Stephanie Nebel is a marine and coastal geologist.  She teaches 5th, 6th and 8th grade science.  Science department chair, grade level leader, Program coordinator for the EMS Summer String Festival at The Elizabeth Morrow School in Englewood, NJ.  A winter enthusiast, Stephanie coaches ski racing in Pennsylvania.  Stephanie graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2005 with a degree in geology. She rec...

Andrew recently completed his Master of Arts in private school leadership from the Klingenstein Center Teachers College at Columbia University. His teaching career includes graduate studies work at the Dalton School in New York City, and a faculty post at Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA) in New Jersey. During his time at MKA, Andrew taught history, ethics, and government; advised the “Shades of C...

J. Stuart Ablon, Ph. D., is an award-winning psychologist, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Founder and Director of Think:Kids at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the author of three books, including Changeable , hand-picked by Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, dan Pink and Susan Cain for their Next Big Idea Club. One of the world’s top-rated thought-leaders and keynote speakers at co...

Dr. Bryan earned her BA in Creative Writing at Princeton, her masters and doctorate in Counseling Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University and studied for a year at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She began her career teaching English and coaching at The Hotchkiss School, taught briefly at Northfield Mount Hermon School and was a graduate level instructor in Group Theory, Dyna...

Mission: Educating Teachers to Teach Leadership to Students. The Gardner Carney Leadership Institute is dedicated to researching, developing and disseminating a Pedagogy of Leadership ®—research based methods, drawing from the fields of brain science, psychology, leadership theory, and teaching and learning, by which teachers can help young people learn to lead. In 1995, Gardner Lynch Gordon Carne...

Katherine Berdy is faculty at the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute .  She's a gcLi Leadership Lab   graduate and gcLi scholar as well as our new host and producer of the gcLi Leadership Podcast.  Berdy is the former Director of The C Kyser Miree Ethical Leadership center and  English faculty at the Altamont School in Birmingham, Alabama.  Berdy has received multiple awards:  Edna Earle Mul...

Dr. Jennifer Bryan, Ph. D. founded Team Finch Consultants and began offering specialized gender and sexuality consultation to PreK-12 schools in 2001.* As these issues have become increasingly relevant in social, political, religious and educational contexts, Jennifer continues to expand and refine her programs for schools and other organizations. Her conceptual and pedagogical models related to g...

HEIDI KASEVICH, PHD Director of the gcLi Leadership Academy (The Academy), A Revolutionary Leadership Program for Schools, Students and Educators.  Learn more Dr. Kasevich founded Kase Leadership Method , a mission driven organization, to guide school communities to foster inclusive cultures where people of diverse learn- ing and leadership styles can thrive.  Heidi, known for her effervescent pre...

Kate Wade is the Founder of the RISE Program, an inspiring approach to Service Education at The Rivers School outside of Boston, MA. Currently, Kate holds Academic Department Chairs, Athletics, English and is Head of Middle School, Chair, English Department at The Fenn School.  Kate was gcLi Scholar and is currently the Executive Editor, gcLi’s Leadership Blog. She is the first awardee of the Fell...

John Medina, author of the New York Times bestseller "Brain Rules" and the national bestseller "Brain Rules for Baby," is a developmental molecular biologist and research consultant. He is an affiliate professor of bioegineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine. What can science tell us about raising smart, happy children?   Brain Rules are things we know for...

JoAnn Deak, Ph. D, is Scholar Emerita, the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute, developmental psychologist, author and educational consultant.  Dr. Deak has spent more than 20 years as an educator and school psychologist. She began her career as an elementary teacher and then received her Ph. D. from Kent State, one of only three universities in the United States to have a specialty in preventive...

Dr. Kasevich founded Kase Leadership Method to help students and adults alike to use self-awareness to optimize their ability to lead in today’s world. A national keynote speaker, known for her effervescent presentation style, she is committed to fostering inclusive cultures where people of diverse learning and leadership styles can thrive.  Her proficiency is grounded in more than 20 years of exp...

Chris Howes is the assistant head of school for student life and culture at Mercerburg  Academy. Under the stewardship of Chris and a diverse team of teachers and administrators, Severn has been intentionally and systematically applying the pedagogy of leadership. Through careful cultivation of the teachable moment and strategic trainings positioned throughout the calendar, students are being empo...

CATHERINE STEINER-ADAIR, ED.D Institute Scholar, gcLi Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker and author. Dr. Steiner-Adair has guided over 350 independent and public schools on topics such as strengthening children’s social and emotional development, shaping school culture, navigating the challenges of the Internet, and buildi...

Former Head of Hutchison and Hutchison Leads Director, the leadership program represents a cross pollination of the most cutting edge ideas about top tier national leadership programs: inclusivity, collaboration, vision, empowerment, and service learning. From our youngest girls to our college bound seniors, leadership development will impact our girls’ lives in all aspects: academic, artistic, at...