This week, I facilitated a professional development workshop on building resilience and cultivating a positive mindset. Near the end of our time together, one participant shared. Try This Today What's one Tiny Little Joy you could build into your workday next week? Maybe it's an uninterrupted sip of morning coffee. Maybe it's eating the first few…
read more"Culture is the way we do things around here." I love this quote from organizational consultants Deal and Kennedy. It's so simple, and yet so true. I remember first hearing it in my school leadership master's program, and it stuck with me because it captured something essential: culture is the lived experience, the informal expectations,…
read moreWhen I was a lower school division head, a dear colleague and I used to teach a class called “Stories and Songs” to the youngest grade levels. It was a highlight of my week. We would choose a theme connected to the social-emotional curriculum, visit the early childhood classrooms, and—you guessed it—read a story and…
read moreOver the July 4th long weekend, my family and I spent time in Windham, NY, for our early summer tradition of transforming our children into 'junior farmers' for a few days on a multi-generational family farm. Windham is one of those places where the mountains absorb the noise of daily life. I kept thinking about…
read moreLast week, I shared more about how the Positive Intelligence Program works: the seven-week program that help accomplished leaders make better decisions under pressure, strengthen their relationships, and respond to challenges with clarity rather than negative thinking. Several of you responded with curiosity about the Positive Intelligence app. What does it look like day-to-day? And how…
read moreYesterday was the first day of summer ☀️, and it made me think about a recent conversation I had with a client who's been in her role for decades. She described the familiar early June push: managing competing priorities while feeling stretched thin. "I'm looking forward to summer Fridays and some time off," she told me. "Once things calm down…
read moreAs I read this week's New York Times Well newsletter, “How to Stop Being So Judgy,” I recognized exactly what the author was describing. After a mother lost her 3-year-old daughter in a supermarket and found her safe, she vowed never to judge anyone again. Of course, that vow didn't last long. Soon after, the author…
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