
Co-author of “Managing to Make a Difference,” Kim Turnage, shares her thoughts and expertise on “how to grow kids into adults who know how to play to their strengths” with Thrive Global in their new blog, “Go Pro with the Parent-Teacher Conference.”
“As parents of three children, my husband and I are not exaggerating when we say we’ve been the parents in about 100 parent-teacher conferences. We’ve had lots of practice, and about halfway in, we figured out that including our kids as active participants in parent-teacher conferences would maximize the utility of that precious one-on-one time with teachers. Here’s why…and it has everything to do with preparing them to be highly effective adult employees and leaders.”
Click here to learn how focusing on your child’s strengths will improve their school performance.

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