I meet a lot of folks who love to sketch plans on whiteboards, brainstorm mindmaps on chart paper, and generally be creative with their Togetherness Tools. The challenge with many of these approaches is they remain “stuck” in the room where the thinking happened. And...
I was in Southaven, Mississippi, a few weeks back (Sidenote: The band Korn was performing at my workshop venue the same evening), working with a great group of principals and other MS education leaders. In doing my usual peer-over-the-shoulder-stalking, you can...
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,...
Stop Before You Spin can be a really, really hard move to pull off, especially if everyone around you holds differing opinions about what constitutes an emergency! We need a system here, people, and boy, oh, boy, am I excited to share my most recent discovery with...
Last week, I had the good fortune to share a train ride from NYC to DC with my friend, fellow educator, and former colleague, Kathleen Porter-Magee. If you don’t know what Kathleen is up to in the world of Catholic education, read more here. After a day of training in...
