The Smart Thinking Podcast

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Join Ted weekly for lessons in leadership and reflective practices that will allow you to grow both personally and professionally. Every other week there will be guests to help you build a greater understanding on a variety of topics that are relevant to everyone and anyone who cares about kids. Ted Neitzke is a professional educator and believes that anyone who has influence over another person is a leader. Ted has dedicated his life to paying back the high school teachers who changed his life by believing in him and inspired him to teach and lead in schools.

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Episode 302: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Dr. Jared Horvath: Emotions, Reading, Parenting, AI & More! (Reflection & Leadership)

Apr 27 2024 91 mins  
Ever wonder how memory is impacted by emotions, or how the amount of books in your home informs your child's intellectual skills, or how electronics are impacting development or what AI is doing to the brain? Wonder no longer -- these and many more questions are answered in this conversation with Jared as we explore the brain and his newest research and discoveries. Find him: https

Episode 301: Leadership AND Followership (Reflection)

Apr 21 2024 28 mins  
We all need to be both leaders and followers and we can do that if we CARE. Listen as Ted explains the need for us each to be in two lanes at once - lead and follow. CARE is a simple way of explaining what a good follower does. Collaborate Accept responsibility Resilient Engagement with intention

Episode 300: Celebration of 300 “You Should Absorb The Nudge” (Reflection)

Apr 14 2024 32 mins  
Listen as Ted reminds us of the power of listening to the "nudges." This is the 300th episode of the podcast and Ted walks through how important it is to listen to the ideas of others and shares a simple process to support coaching yourself to higher levels of engagement and happiness. Song: Sunflower Bouquet by Anderson Coates - Golden Bear Studios Reflections: List the "should’

Episode 299: The Real Narrative: "Our Story" (Reflection & Tool)

Apr 07 2024 31 mins  
Too often in our organizations, we forget to provide the leadership so that we have a strong cultural understanding of our journey. As a result, we need a process. Join Ted as he explains why and how to create a unified story(narrative) so that more people can celebrate all they've done together so that you can end the year together! Process prompts: Celebrations (Internal) Celebra

Episode 298: Your Individual Advocacy Plan (IAP) (Leadership & Process)

Mar 17 2024 35 mins  
What is your process for advocating for yourself and your strengths? Too often other people judge us and do not understand us so we need a process to help others see our strengths. Join Ted as he shares a process to employ for you to create your own self advocacy plan or IAP. Identify your strengths and soft strengths. Describe who in your world needs to be coached to self-advocacy

Episode 297: “Stop Being Afraid of Being Afraid” A Conversation with Greg Harden (Leadership & Reflection)

Mar 10 2024 86 mins  
This conversation with author and mental fitness guru Greg Harden is going to change you, your leadership and maybe even your life. His book is fantastic, his career is amazing, and this conversation is a game changer. Take a listen as Greg and Ted – two obnoxious optimists – discuss how to support your own journey and how to focus on being your own best friend. Book: Stay Sane

Episode 296: Empathy Diminishes Fear: The Appendix Episode (Reflection and Leadership)

Mar 03 2024 26 mins  
Join us for a discussion of how an emergency surgery supercharged Ted's belief that empathy is the greatest leadership quality. Hear as he discusses the great care he received and how the healthcare workers supporting him diminished his vulnerability by being empathetic. You'll be inspired to think about how you matter in the moments when others need you the most! Describe the last

Episode 295: Conversations with Outcomes- An Discussion with Author Craig Weber

Feb 25 2024 69 mins  
What is your intentional process to ensure you get the best from an interaction with someone else? Seriously, people you like, people you work with, people you over and even people on the opposite side of politics? Join us a for a great conversation where Craig and Ted trade a ton of strategies and tactics to support you in developing a stronger ability to have great conversations.

Episode 294: Six Books For Spring! (Learning & Growing)

Feb 18 2024 31 mins  
As we look to the start of spring and a break for many of us, I want to give you some texts to read to invest in yourself and others! This list of texts is best read in the order explained and below. However, each book, by itself, is fantastic! Stay Sane In An Insane World, Greg Harden A New Kind Of Diversity, Tim Elmore Yes To The Mess, Frank Barrett How To Know A Person, David Br

Episode 293: Let's Talk About Strengths! A conversation with Tim Hodges (Reflection and Tools)

Feb 04 2024 69 mins  
Gallup has so many great resources and one of my favorites is the Clifton Strength Finder. Join me for a conversation with Dr. Tim Hodges who over sees the Clifton Strengths Institute and learn how to apply your strengths and utilize the tool in new and rewarding ways.