DR. ROB MARTINEZ · RESILIENCY GUY
Lead with resilience.
Help others thrive.
Practical inspiration for stronger schools, courageous leaders, and communities where children and adults can learn, grow, and develop in peace.
I’m Dr. Robert A. Martinez—author, keynote speaker, and retired superintendent. I bring 38 years in public education to the work of helping people recognize their strengths, build meaningful relationships, and turn challenges into possibilities.
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Put resilience into action.
Bring experience, empathy, and practical next steps to your next gathering or leadership challenge.
Keynotes & Professional Development
Engaging conversations and workshops for educators, school leaders, and communities. Explore resilience, relationships, positive school culture, and the everyday actions that help students and adults thrive.
Leadership Coaching & District Consulting
Thoughtful support for superintendents, cabinet teams, and boards navigating complex decisions. Areas of focus include HR leadership, employee relations, team development, governance, and building cultures of trust.
Books that spark reflection—and action.
Recipes for Resilience
Nurturing Perseverance in Students and Educators
Drawing on my own journey and years in education, this book invites readers to reflect on the relationships and choices that help us persevere—and how we can offer that same support to others.
The Story of Sparkle and Shine
Never Forget
A story to share with children, families, and classrooms about compassion, kindness, and the difference each of us can make through positive acts and caring encounters.
Interested in a book conversation, author visit, or a workshop connected to these ideas? Let’s plan it together.
A life’s work, grounded in people.
My career has taken me from school psychology and the principal’s office to human resources and the superintendent’s seat. Through it all, my purpose has stayed consistent: advance student success, develop leaders, and help others build resilient lives.
“Let the lives we help others live be the measure of our success.”
Dr. Rob Martinez
Latest Blog Posts
Thoughts and ideas on resilience, education, and leadership.
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Lead Though this Challenge!
Leadership is needed across our educational system, and Dr. Rob asks us to “Lead With Resilience.”
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#ROAR4KIDS
via #ROAR4KIDS It is absolutely time to #ROAR4Kids!
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A Teacher’s Thoughts — Guest post from my amazing wife, Nancy Chiabotti-Martinez
Sorry for the long post but after reading one more comment about how upset some parents are with their child’s teacher, I had to share. Most parents I’ve spoken to get it. They understand that teachers were not trained to teach like this and we, like them, were thrown into this awful situation. People can…
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#ResilienceLeads – Find #Peace through #Calm
via #ResilienceLeads – Find #Peace through #Calm
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#ResilienceLeads – Find #Peace through #Calm
These unprecedented times require each and every one of us to provide patience, grace, and support to each other, our educators, support providers in our schools, and especially for our children. Parents drawn into the teaching profession with limited guidance, flying from the highest peak with new wings. Teachers drawn…
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#ROAR4KIDS
It’s Time to #ROAR4KIDS Saying it plainly, “It’s Time to #ROAR4KIDS.” The idea of focusing our energies on one prevailing idea, concept or thought has been with us for some time in recent blog years, and yet, I felt that I had, at this moment, an opportunity to not just identify one big idea to…
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Heart, Mind, Soul & Actions, What’s Missing?
Today, in Saugus, California, another report of a student coming onto a high school campus, attacking with abandon, and succeeding in taking the lives of fellow students. It simply makes my heart grow cold, my thoughts swirl with fatigue, and my soul become heavy with the loss that families, friends, communities now must endure…
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What’s Missing? Can We Solve the Problem of Gun Violence in Schools?
via What’s Missing? Can We Solve the Problem of Gun Violence in Schools? A year, and a few months later, and here we are again! Students are risking and giving their lives to protect their classmates, and yet, millions of adults remain quiet, apparently powerless, and unmotivated to take the smart actions to ensure that…
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#Transformation My #OneWord for 2019
via #Transformation My #OneWord for 2019
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#Transformation My #OneWord for 2019
#Transformation – My #OneWord for 2019 My one word for 2019 is #Transformation, and here’s my thinking on why you should also consider this word on a deeper level as well. Many times, people make resolutions as they start a New Year. They resolve to do something they don’t do at the present moment,…
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