Category: Collaboration
Alignment with Others Matters
August 1, 2025
Over the last several months I have had a number of discussions with colleagues who feel disconnected and misaligned with the organization, school, or district […]
A Long Way To Go
July 1, 2025
I so appreciate the sentiment of Shunryu Suzuki, “Each of you is perfect the way you are, and you can use a little improvement.” I […]
Less Social Friction Please…
May 1, 2025
Before I wrote this post, I spent two weeks leading sessions on having healthy adult to adult communication while at two conferences, facilitated two days […]
If Not Now, When?
February 3, 2025
Things have been quieter in my work life the last few weeks and that’s a new thing for me. For my whole life I have […]
The Way I See The World These Days
January 6, 2025
One of the best ‘connectors’ I use in my workshops comes from adult development thought leader, Jennifer Garvey Berger. She taught me to ask a […]
Let’s Check In
April 1, 2024
March was a big month of international travel. I had the honor of worked with schools and organizations three different parts of Asia – Shanghai, […]
If It’s On the Menu
January 1, 2024
Happy New Year! A time to review the last year and plan for the year ahead. I too am celebrating what went well, reflecting on […]
We’re Back!
August 1, 2022
When it was time to head from the English Department office to the classroom, my former Gunn HS English Department instructional supervisor, Tim Farrell, would […]
Embracing Growth at Our Edges
May 3, 2021
“Inward, Upward, Outward, Onward”
That’s my catch phrase to describe the essence of my new book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work. The book […]
Emerging from the Cocoon
April 1, 2021
One of my favorite writers/bloggers, Courtney Martin put out a “12 questions, 12 months in” blog recently, and two of the questions were “What have […]
