Tag: Michael Gingerich

If We aren’t Promoting Empathy, What are We Promoting?

Three weeks ago, there was an article published locally, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where Someone To Tell It To’s headquarters are located in the United States. It was about a nearby school district where some parents are suing the district over a character-building curriculum for the students, a curriculum promoting empathy and other civility attributes. One…
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To Come Alive

SEASON 5: EPISODE 14 | March 7, 2023 To Come Alive with Colin Hunter What makes you come alive? What gives you life and fulfills you? What makes your life more like an enjoyable playground? We explore these questions and more in this episode with Colin Hunter, a London, England area-based leadership coach, author, mentor,…
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Be You!

SEASON 5: EPISODE 13 | February 21, 2023 Be You! with Precious Martin Precious Martin is very community-minded and is experienced in mobilizing volunteers and diverse stakeholders for collective action and response to needs and disparities in the community. She describes herself as a motivated leader in developing innovative strategies to elevate teams and organizations.…
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To Lessen its Awful Power

He was broke and blamed himself for getting fired from his job. So, he killed five people in Orlando, Florida, on June 5, 2017. He was withdrawn and quiet, with no friends. He killed nine people and injured eight in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1, 2015. He had PTSD from fighting in Vietnam. He killed four…
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To Be A Better Leader, Refrain From Asking One Question

The past few years leadership experts such as Simon Sinek have written books and spoken extensively about the need to ask “WHY?” questions, which give leaders permission to dream, vision, create a better world than what we’ve had before.  Thanks to each of them, I’ve been given permission to be me – the idealist, the…
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What is Right with People

SEASON 5: EPISODE 12 | February 1, 2023 What is Right with People with Brianna Campbell Brianna Campbell asks the question: “What would happen if we thought about what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them?” Her fresh perspective about leadership is the catalyst of our conversation about organizational…
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The Constant Breaking News

It grows increasingly difficult to know what to say each time yet another mass shooting occurs in this country. This week there have been two shootings in California in three days with 18 people dead so far, bringing the total to 37 lives ended in the United States by mass shootings in just 23 days…
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Nothing Equals Love (Rebroadcast)

SEASON 5: EPISODE 11 | January 17, 2023 Nothing Equals Love (Rebroadcast) with Tim Shriver In the summer of 2021, we had an enlightening conversation with Timothy Shriver, who leads the Special Olympics International Board of Directors.  We are pleased to share this episode again today, as our nation just commemorated the life and legacy…
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… At the same time

For years, as each year is coming to a close, Nicholas Kristof, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has written a commentary reminding readers that no matter how awful, chaotic, or disastrous the year may have been, it was still the best year that history has ever known. Kristof doesn’t deny the terrible circumstances that resulted during…
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Take Time for Self-Care

Take Time for Self-Care: Notice symptoms of stress and practice caring for yourself after listening This is the last in a series of six statements about the values and objectives of Someone To Tell It To’s listening, training, and educational programs. Living these values is how we are helping the world to listen. Several days…
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