From the Joy of Leadership

My to-do List If you could receive anything you want from being a leader, what would you want? Make a list. Look at your list. What can you give to the people you work with in order to receive what you want? (Remember: you get what you give.) Next to your wish list,...

No Do Overs

  She kept repeating herself, as I tried to watch the game. “There are no do-overs.” Mmm, I nodded. She’s right. “There are no do-overs. They get one teacher per year, every year. One school, then another. There are no-do-overs.”...
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

It’s Labor Day weekend. Next week school starts. We haven’t registered Levi yet. I was told before the end of the last school year, that for our neighborhood school – we could wait until the day before school. That’s September 4th. The day...
From the Cloud: Communication

From the Cloud: Communication

My husband looked outside. He saw a plethora of blueberries. He quietly, calmly came into the house and enquired, “Are there any for us?” I responded that no, none of the blueberries were for us. He pouted. I was in the middle of doing something. I had...