Appearances & Resources
Leadership Development Resources
Before launching Whole Human Leadership, I was primarily an academic. The book, podcast, articles, toolkits and videos I've created or co-created show my foundation and approach. I invite you to explore.
Leadership toolkit
Whole Human Leadership: The Guide
Build your foundation. Name your layers. Light the candle of your purpose.
This toolkit is for leaders who want to lead from wholeness, not burnout. You build your leadership like a layered cake. Start with a whole-brain foundation, then add your identities, your values and the practices that fill your cup. Play, creativity, storytelling, mindfulness and nature are the icing that holds it together, and the candle on top is your purpose. This is my philosophy and approach, built into a fun, interactive guide for your use.
- Eight chapters, each with a short teaching, somatic practice and worksheet
- Fill in your content on screen, or print the pages to work on paper
- Ends with your own living leadership philosophy
- Includes a guide for a 90-minute team session
Book
Becoming: Transformative Storytelling for Education's Future
This edited volume is a collection of powerful stories about teaching, learning and leadership. It gives readers a framework to reflect on, and tell, their own stories to fuel personal, professional and organizational transformation.
The ebook or hard copy can be purchased directly through DIOPress or Amazon.
Tea for Teaching Podcast
Transformative Storytelling
"From the earliest days of human society, storytelling has played an important role in transmitting and sharing knowledge. In this episode, Laura Colket and Tracy Penny Light join us to discuss how storytelling can be used in higher ed to help us reflect on and understand the rich diversity and the commonalities that exist within our educational communities."
Videos
Teaching & Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Created with St. George's University's Center for BioMedical Visualization, based on my research on people's experiences of teaching and learning through the pandemic.
Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Grenada
My opening remarks at a virtual panel in Grenada with the Minister of Education and other senior education leaders, drawn from initial findings of my research.
Highlights from Storytelling in Education Conference
In 2019 I co-founded the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education. With a Spencer Foundation grant, we launched it with a virtual conference series.
Gender Roots
A culturally relevant video on gender identity, gender expression, anatomical sex and attraction, made for the JAM (Justice, Art & Medicine) initiative with SGU's BioMedical Visualization center.
Free resource
Storytelling Toolkit for Educators
The CRSE Storytelling Toolkit is a free, open-source resource developed through the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education (CRSE), which I co-founded. It offers a healing-centered, justice-rooted framework to help educators bring storytelling into their classrooms, fostering deeper connection and leadership.
Selected Research on Storytelling & Leadership
Leading through Chaos in a Neocolonial Context Article. This article examines the personal stories of Haitians to better understand the nature of Haitian leadership in a neocolonial, post-disaster context.
Reimagining Professional Learning in a Time of Social Isolation Article. This article highlights the power of storytelling as a tool for professional learning for educators and educational leaders, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transformative Storytelling as Critical Praxis for Educational Leaders Book chapter. Storytelling as praxis offers leaders an opportunity to build meaningful, authentic working relationships and create more equitable teaching and learning environments.
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