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I love knives, and I have a collection of pocket knives that I’m a bit proud of.  I received a gift card for Christmas, and knowing that I would be leaving Roscoe Collegiate ISD at the end of January, I decided to purchase a new pocket knife that would...

We are apportioned only so many days on Earth. For some, that window of life is tragically short. For others, it can approach 100 years. Regardless of how long we live, there is a finite amount of Life Energy allocated to us each day. We get to determine how to spend...

A lifetime is too short to learn the craft of leadership. As we grow ourselves into more impactful Servant Leaders, there exists some powerful accelerants to the process: Clarity – be absolutely clear about the direction we are heading, about the outcomes we...

For your consideration:Cynicism = Don’t know + don’t care + not believing itCuriosity = Don’t know much about it + interested in knowing moreSkepticism = Know a little already + convince me + gonna ask critical questionsSkeptiosity = Curiosity + Skepticism...

There’s this thing called the 80-20 Principle (aka Pareto Principle). The premise is that 80% of the outcomes are generated by 20% of the inputs (or inputers). Another way to think of it is that 20% of our thoughts/mindsets and actions/behaviors drive 80% of our...

We have all heard “you need more community engagement” or “more community buy-in”, but what exactly does that mean? There is not just one way to define community engagement or what it should look like in your district. Community engagement should be seen as a living...

Meetings are a necessary part of organizational work. Unnecessary meetings are one of the most non-productive uses of time in organizational work. If not needed, don’t call ’em. Poorly deployed meetings are one of the most frequent time and energy sucks of...

Change happens. That’s a given. Yet change has variability in its timelines. Conditions Change. Conditions can change very quickly. Weather conditions can change in a heartbeat. A protest can turn into a riot almost instantly. People Change. People usually change more...

Whether consciously or not, we are all in the FutureBuilding business…..right now…..every moment…..every day. Most of us (hermits excepted — well, maybe even them) are also directly or indirectly shaping the future of our families, our friends, and our colleagues. For...

I recently read Story Driven: You Don’t Need to Compete When You Know Who You Are by Bernadette Jiwa (2018). In this book, BJ speaks to the importance of us as individuals and as organizations to not only “know ourselves” but that that knowing is absolutely...