Planning is a key component to successful leadership. Being clear in your priorities allows you to focus on the right things at the right time, and identify tradeoffs so you can strategically pivot as needed. Join us to create a Priority Plan that communicates what...
The Priority Plan: A Team Tool?
For some crazy reason, I’ve not written about Priority Planning yet on this blog – and it is basically my favorite Togetherness habit (see Chapter 4 of the new book!) A Priority Plan is a short, simple and shareable way to articulate your priorities to your manager,...
January Tips: After-Action, Anticipatory Appointments & Annual View
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Tap, tap. Poke, poke. Hug, hug. How are we all doing? Best we can, I’m certain of that. For a variety of reasons, most notably playing Camp Director for over 20 Heyck family members ranging in age from 2 months to 70+ years...
Lindsey, LaNiesha, and Keri’s Together Tour: Issue #113
Together Friends, Public Service Announcement / Shameless Self-Promotion: As this 30K-plus mailing list knows, we produce two high-quality (and dare I say fun?!) newsletters for our community each month, as well as spontaneous Together Community Pop-ups – all at no...
Scaling Togetherness: Five Tips for Organizations
In class last week, we received a great question from an Area Superintendent of a large, urban school district. In short, she noted that Togetherness systems had served her well as a school leader, and she was curious when and how to scale Togetherness. I loved this...
MaryKate Hughes’s Together Tour: Issue #104
Together Friends! The days are getting a liitttttle tiny bit longer, my youngest kiddo turned 11, and I’m gearing up for a long weekend Reading Vacation over spring break. And I don’t know if you have heard, but a lot of my favorite authors, friends, and...
Microsoft’s Planner: To Try or Not to Try?
Here at Together HQ, we try to speak all the organizational languages. Our own team is split between PCs and Macs, and we dabble in both Microsoft’s products (for our email, calendars and such) and Google’s tools (forms, docs, and sheets). But, we recognize that most...
January Tips: Travels, Trainings & Tidying
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Some of you are fully back in the swing of things, and others may have intentions for a gentle January. Me? I’m somewhere in the middle. The Playlist is still in action, and my January self is very happy that my December self...
Top Ten 2024 Calendar Moves You Can Make NOW!
I want to share our Planning Bingo board! Read below for descriptions and then download our printable and shade off as you prepare for 2024!
September Tips: The Swirl, Signings & School Return
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Let’s just start with the big news! I wrote another book! It is out there in the world! This always terrifies me. Who has read it? Write me here and let me know what you think, or better yet, stop over at Amazon and drop an...