Succession planning often feels important, but execution is lacking. To do it effectively requires a proactive approach, belief in training and time devoted to creating a leadership pipeline. A strong succession plan allows you to fill vacancies quicker without significant disruption to the organization.
Read MoreI love a good system.
Love might be overstating it, but upon further reflection, I really don’t think so.
Read MoreI often read books for a specific purpose when I want to learn more about a topic so I can teach, but as I started reading more regularly (resulting in greater quantity), I started wondering, “Am I implementing any of the ideas from these books or am I just reading them and then putting them on my shelf?”
Read MoreAre you a slave to your to do list? It is easy to get caught up in the list of tasks we need to accomplish, but are they the right tasks?
Read MoreLast weekend I was feeling extremely overwhelmed. I had a to do list which seemed insurmountable, and no motivation to climb that mountain. I was coming off a busy week and had some looming deadlines which were creeping up faster than I would have liked.
Read MoreI just got back from doing errands and I feel exhausted. While I was out, I got an email from one of my kids’ schools saying there was a positive COVID-19 case and we would be notified if our child was considered a close contact and needed to isolate.
Read MoreBrene Brown talks about FFTs which she uses to describe F&*king First Times (or Freaking First Times/Effing First Times if you are swear word adverse, which she is not), and they were the topic of her first “Unlocking Us” podcast. I love the concept and have been working to incorporate it.
Read MoreWhen I was about 20, I was working out a camp. I had forty 9 – 12 year olds and we were on our third day of straight rain. We didn’t have a lot of indoor space and we had used up all our ideas about how to keep them occupied inside. I’m sure there were other challenges, but I was the director that week and ultimately, it all fell to me to solve.
Read MoreWhy is starting the hardest part? Staring at a blank page before you decide on the first words? Saving the first dollar? Making today the day you actually eat the salad and exercise, rather than saying, “I’ll start tomorrow”?
Read MoreIn the middle of a pandemic, I reflect on my goals and expectations, which I am finding incredibly difficult.
I looked back at some of the goals that I set for 2020 that I will not accomplish.
Read MoreIt’s been a tough morning. And frankly, yesterday felt rough too. I sit under a cloud of sadness, longing and uncertainty and I feel myself falling into a funk. I knew I needed to write my rough draft of this post today so I would have time to review and edit it this week, but I did not feel like writing, nor did I know what to even write.
Read MoreI often get asked about planning and my system and since my blog is mainly inspired by questions people ask me, I thought I would try to get my system down on paper. I should probably have broken this description into multiple blog posts, but I just wanted to give it all in context, so grab something to drink, and find somewhere comfortable to sit.
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A friend called and at the end of a long, awesome conversation, we were talking about goals. One of goals is to have a sense of style and to know how to put outfits together, to apply makeup and to do my hair. I have always struggled with feeling cool and stylish, and over the years, I have just accepted that this particular skill will not hold space on my top ten list. I look at teens today and they appear so much more put together than my generation ever was (I grew up in the generation of neon, legwarmers and crimped hair although I never thought any of those were cool either).
Read MoreI was researching for the leadership course I teach and I found a list of 7 essential questions when coaching or making a decision.
Question number 5: ”If I say yes to this, what am I saying no to?”
It hit me like a ton of bricks as I had a tendency to say yes without really considering the cost of that yes.
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