Kristen Hayden Safdie

One weird trick your anxiety disorder doesn’t want you to know: If you’re worried you did something that upset someone, tell them. Then you don’t have to worry about it for the next 48 hours. You’re welcome!

@pamelaloving @KatrinaKibben See? There are reasons to check Twitter ❤️❤️❤️ I appreciate you!

@KatrinaKibben A little extra love to @KristenLearning for adding perspective and encouraging reflection and growth. Her default response is “How can I help?” It is always genuine and from a place of kindness ❤️

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@britz My main guiding principles on whether it’s worth it are: 1) Will we use/respond to the results in any way? 2) Will seeing the responses from others be surprising or validating? If either one is yes then I’ll consider it. I’m sure there are others, but these are the big ones!

@britz I typically use them when I want people to feel less alone in something (ex: how much time do you spend on coaching conversations with reports — likely everyone is less than they want to be but don’t want to say that).

@moehlert I’m so sorry to say that it’s “leg sleeve”. If anyone knows of it differently I’d love to be wrong.

I always find myself taking a surprising hard line during #lrnchat. Tonight’s was the role of org culture fostering (or limiting) growth mindset through incentives or modeling and I’m going to follow that line of thinking a bit more in conversations.

Hearing stories of people who they respect doing the same. I love when conversations about coaching or performance reviews start with a leader sharing a time they were coached or got a tough review. #lrnchat

I would argue that this doesn’t indicate that I don’t care about learning and growth. I know I need to grow in the topics I signed up for, but the outcomes are vague and long-term and my calendar is crowded now. #lrnchat

Embed it in the day-to-day. Personally, I know that I don’t make much time for learning if it’s a separate and not immediately relevant thing. I’m signed up for two classes next week that I need to reschedule for meeting conflicts! #lrnchat

I think it’s heavily influenced by the environment outside of the classroom. An educator can create a safe environment, but if the learner is still scared to fail in front of peers because of the org culture, no amount of in-class support can overcome that. #lrnchat

The biggest thing is making sure that the others doing it are also beginners. Be mindful of who else is there. Even people with a growth mindset can get a bruised ego. #lrnchat

AND without trusting it you can’t practice. Growth mindset is important, but it’s also limited by the environment that you’re in. If you can’t safely be wrong, you learn to stop trying new things. #lrnchat

One of the first things that I noticed when I started at my org was how well leaders modeled this. It immediately made me believe all of the rhetoric about trying things and learning from mistakes. Without that being modeled, it’s hard to trust it. #lrnchat

Just starting from a foundation of “I don’t know everything” prepared you to practice, fail, and learn from feedback. #lrnchat

I’m doing some research I came across this quote from Maria Montessori: “The teacher has two tasks: to lead the children to concentration and to help them in their development afterwards.” #lrnchat

I love @WTAL_Podcast so I was jazzed to take part in the one on — you guessed it! — empathy! It was a great conversation and a nice mix of high-level discussion and tips for practical application. Thanks to @AndrewJacobsLnD for creating this space and letting me join in ❤️

@DrJenSolberg @LSCon I got that email and GASPED and then was LIVID because I’m not there!!!

@emelaarghh Aww, I'm honored that my back-of-the-napkin brainstorm was useful!

I learned that I should feel guilty for not tracking my own learning enough, either! (But for real, it would probably help) #lrnchat

Time and energy. I generally do need a problem to solve. Someone give me a problem that only learning how to play the guitalele can solve! #lrnchat

I usually stop writing it down after the first one, but this was a fun exercise to make me think about what I actually consciously keep track of (it's 1 and 4). #lrnchat

Level 1: Did I do it? Level 2: Can I explain it to someone else or show them what I did? Level 3: Is it a habit? And I incorporating it into my work or routine in some way? Level 4: Did it solve the problem or have any outside-of-me-learning-this impact? #lrnchat