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Practical Wisdom with Dr. Karen Bohlin

Familiaris Podcast for Catholic School Leaders

Visit familiaris-consulting.com to learn more about consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements. Dr. Karen Bohlin joins Dr. Jaime Madison Vasquez to make the case that practical wisdom is the master virtue for anyone who leads and forms others. Dr. Bohlin is the Director of the Practical Wisdom Project at the Abigail Adams Institute, research affiliate at Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program, and was a head of school for many years. She walks through the four R’s of the Practical Wisdom Framework and shares the practices that can help leaders, teachers, and parents move toward proactively responding to circumstances with wisdom and hope. What You’ll Learn: * The four R’s of the Practical Wisdom Framework—recognize, recalibrate, reflect, respond—and how to move through them in real time * How to practice reflective listening with a parent or student instead of reacting to a first reaction * What a mind-body-spirit recalibration toolkit looks like at 30 seconds, three minutes, 30 minutes, and longer * The four questions that discipline any decision: what do we know, what do we need to know, who can help, and what are we aiming at * How to prepare a teacher for a parent meeting so it builds relationship and trust rather than defensiveness Resources: * Wisdom at Work -Abigail Adams Institute * Email Dr. Karen Bohlin * Bohlin, K. E. (2022). “The Practical Wisdom Framework: A Compass for School Leaders”. Journal of Education, 202(2), 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574211028828 Join the conversation * Leave a comment and subscribe at familiaris.substack.com * Become a paid subscriber at familiaris.substack.com/subscribe Paid subscribers gain access to monthly collaborative office hours. Office hours are hosted on Zoom and are not recorded. Pop in to ask a question, get feedback on what you’re working on with families, hear what other leaders are doing in their schools. Visit familiaris-consulting.com to learn more about consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements God bless! Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios To receive new Familiaris posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Familiaris at familiaris.substack.com/subscribe