It’s that time of year when many folks are contemplating a change of school, district, or role. I’m receiving weekly phone calls and emails with requests for career-change advice, so I thought it may be helpful to share some of my standard thoughts here. Consider your...
Dearest Readers, Last year I wrote about some of the unintended CONSEQUENCES of Togetherness trainings – when people take the message too far or use it for the wrong purpose. But I realized I never really addressed the flipside . . . What about the unforeseen BENEFITS...
Happy 2017, my dear readers. My break was truly relaxing. . . it started with this and then I got a cold and tried this (it worked!) and I wrapped things up containing the pieces and hosting this. But that is not why you joined me today. . . You want to talk...
At least once a week, I receive a question from someone who wants to start their own training or professional development practice. While I love, love, love chatting with people about achieving their dreams, I feel wholly unqualified to help anyone start a business....
The how-not-to-start-a-business post turned out to be very popular, and I am now fielding lots of questions like, “How did you go from being a teacher to leading PD for teachers and leaders?” The headline answer: by accident and also very carefully. Let me first be...
Though 2016’s Teacher Appreciation Week has been emblazoned on my calendar since, well, one year ago, it still crept up on me all too quickly amidst the book release and other things. Fortunately, my kids and I got our acts together last Sunday and created these gift...
