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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...

My first year as Director of CTE/PTECH for Lytle ISD has been fast and furious. It has become the best combination of teacher, counselor, and administrator.  The previous roles and responsibilities of all three of these stakeholder positions have shown to be...

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Failure to plan is planning to fail”?  This happens to be one of my favorite phrases.  Have you ever woken up and just by happenstance reached a weight loss goal?  Have you ever heard of a battle being won by accident...

I recently read Radical Inclusion: What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership by Martin Dempsey and Ori Brafman (2017). In this book, the warrior (former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dempsey) and the academic (Dr. Brafman)...

One of the powerful conclusions we glean from research in the field of psychology is that of reciprocation. It is in our nature to mirror/reflect behavior others send in our direction. It’s as if we feel some powerful pull to respond in like kind. As servant leaders...