One question that Together Leaders frequently ask is how to reduce the extraordinary amount of time they spend on scheduling. I feel this deeply. In my past life, I was fortunate enough to have an amazing assistant who understood my priorities and ran my calendar...
spired by my posts on Yesterbox and Slack? Looking to take charge of your email? Finally show your inbox who’s boss? As my wise friend Kelly always says, “Email is not your job, it is a TOOL to do your job!” While the Yesterbox post was a big hit, the method doesn’t...
This August, I was frequenting Target at least once a week for last minute vacation amusements, birthday gifts, camp clothes for kids, and so on. While I do keep a Target list housed in Evernote, my husband and I never seem to synch up to tag team our visits. On one...
Sometimes I get unfairly pegged as a paper-gal. I actually write about digital tools all the time, like here and here and here and here. And I even profiled Sarah’s fully digital Together Leader system here. But it’s true that I have yet to feature a 100% digital...
It’s brewing. There’s an email issue among us, and I’m going to TAKE.IT.ON. So, what is the real issue? There are lots of theories. Some of it’s behavioral, like FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), some of it’s structural (must you know EVERYTHING that goes on in your...
[Editor’s note: while the look of Asana has changed over time that the functionality described below hasn’t.] One of my favorite parts of my job is facilitating trainings for new teacher preparation programs and residencies. A few months ago, I made my...
