Trusted relationships may be the most important variable for leadership, school safety and student wellness. The traditional challenges of building relationships are the 4 C’s: Communication, Collaboration, Cultural Competency and Caring. This keynote will explore, demonstrate, and model the 4 C’s to make them come alive.

This motivational keynote is filled with “tips from the trenches” to help keep you and your students, staff and community safe and healthy so they can learn more and live better. It is packed with cutting-edge information, practical strategies and heartfelt stories about leadership, the Whole Child, mental health, kindness, the power of words, BTAM (behavioral threat assessment and management), the trauma-informed brain, ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), SEL (social emotional learning}, stress management, wellness, and school and community climate and safety.

It stresses heartware (working with people) before hardware (working with things).

Steve has traveled the world striving to reach, teach and inspire with The Power of One message, how one person can make a difference. Steve had a cardiac arrest while presenting a school in-service. Two SROs, a principal and others saved his life and changed his message. He now talks about how you need The Power of Many, how it takes a team, to make a lasting difference. 

Research-based and reality-driven, this session offers honesty, humor, and hope. It stresses the importance of Resiliency and the 4 P’s: Purpose, Passion, Pride and Persistence. It will warm your heart, stir your soul and ignite your brain. 

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