There’s a recent emergence of what I’m calling “prompted planners.” By prompted planners, I mean planners with built-in reflection questions. I’ve documented my love for them here, here, and here. And for you Do-It-Your-Self-ers,…
I love when my Together Workshoppers take their pre-work VERY seriously, and truly “bring” all calendars with them to trainings. Case in point: This recent photograph of the family wall calendar shared by Christine in Charlotte. Check it out….
During a summer training for Public Prep at the Riverside Church in Harlem, I finally spotted a Panda Planner. I’ve been meaning to write about these foreeevvvvvvver. Anoop, a middle school science teacher, was kind enough to open his pages and…
Digital calendars are wonderful tools – until you try to make them work with school bell schedules. With most of my Together Leaders going digital, we needed to find a way to make the standard time scales in Outlook and Google work for school…
Missed the first post? Start here to get the most out of this short series! Together Leaders don’t have any fewer emergencies than the rest of us. But they do have a clearer picture of everything else happening in their worlds, most typically…
Together Leaders, the time has come for me to share all I’ve learned while interviewing tons of folks for the new book. Thus, a new series of short posts on my Top Together Leader Takeaway Tips. Enjoy! Almost all leaders lead a teeny-tiny bit…
And. . . I’m back. The book broke my brain, but I’m slowly recovering and I’ve returned to the blogosphere! I have a new series lined up that I think you will love. . . After my Serial podcast hangover wore off, I went on something of a…
Some of you may have noticed that I’ve recently changed the name of the Upcoming To-Do List to the Later List. I decided on this for several reasons. One, I am into alliteration. Also, some early readers of The Together Leader manuscript (Hi,…
I haven’t done a total tools refresher for new readers, so here comes a short series on why certain tools are needed! I recently received this calendar in the registration packet for my 2-year-old’s fall preschool program. I’m a purger and…
Many of you know that I grew up in rural Maine in a town of 600 people. Life there could not be more different than my current one in the DC suburbs. It’s pretty hard to get back up to the homeland, but when my father turned 70 two weeks ago, I…