The Executive Edge
WELCOME TO
The Executive Edge
Education for Teens & Kids
Areas of Focus
Self-Introspection
&
Self-Regulation
When students are able to understand their inner thoughts and control their emotions and behaviour, they learn to excel during periods of high stress while being more mindful in the present moment.
Communication
&
Relationships
By harnessing communication and relationship-building strategies, students will become greater team leaders and collaborators on group projects and assignments.
Organization
&
Planning
Through intentional planning and time blocking, students procrastinate less and learn the discipline necessary for academic success, decreased stress, and improved executive functioning.
Teaching the next generation to have “common sense”.
Think like an executive (not an employee) with Executive Functions training.
Thinking like an executive ultimately means, what we used to call, common sense and centres around the ability to discern and make judgment calls, opposed to being told what to do.
Executive Functions are a set of cognitive processes that are necessary for the ability to select and successfully monitoring behaviours that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals.
Executive Functions
Executive functioning skills facilitate the behaviours required to plan and achieve goals. The fundamental skills related to executive functions include:
- Attentional control (time management, planning & organization)
- Cognitive inhibition
- Inhibitory control (emotional regulation, self-control & self-monitoring)
- Working memory
- Cognitive flexibility
Meet The Team
Matthew Finlin
Matthew is the founder and CEO of Human Potential Academy and co-founder of the Executive Edge program for teens and youth.
After coaching a wide range of adults differing in culture, age, socio-economic status, and desired outcomes, he recognized an overarching theme that inspired him to co-create his coaching program.
As Lead Program Developer & Head Executive Functioning coach, Matthew ensures students will leave with the skills and knowledge to reach long term success in whatever they choose to pursue.
Alex Hui Bon Hoa
Alex was born and raised in Hong Kong where he attended international high schools and grew up in a melting pot of cultures.
For the next seven years, Alex worked as an education counselor, guiding high school students to achieve their aspirations of studying at the most coveted US universities, including Harvard, Stanford, and MIT.
As Program Manager, Alex ensures students are not only supported throughout the program but are also always on track to develop executive functioning skills that set them up for success in life.
From Harvard Business Review
An effective executive does not need to be a leader in the sense that the term is now most commonly used.
Harry Truman did not have one ounce of charisma, for example, yet he was among the most effective chief executives in U.S. history.
Similarly, some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I’ve worked with over a 65-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the map in terms of their personalities, attitudes, values, strengths, and weaknesses. They ranged from extroverted to nearly reclusive, from easy-going to controlling, and from generous to parsimonious.
What made them all effective is that they followed the same eight practices:
- They asked, “What needs to be done?”
- They asked, “What is right for the enterprise?”
- They developed action plans.
- They took responsibility for decisions.
- They took responsibility for communicating.
- They were focused on opportunities rather than problems.
- They ran productive meetings.
- They thought and said “we” rather than “I.”
The first two practices gave them the knowledge they needed. The next four helped them convert this knowledge into effective action. The last two ensured that the whole organization felt responsible and accountable.
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