For some crazy reason, I’ve not written about Priority Planning yet on this blog – and it is basically my favorite Togetherness habit (see Chapter 4 of the new book!) A Priority Plan is a short, simple and shareable way to articulate your priorities to your manager,...
Top Ten 2024 Calendar Moves You Can Make NOW!
I want to share our Planning Bingo board! Read below for descriptions and then download our printable and shade off as you prepare for 2024!
September Tips: The Swirl, Signings & School Return
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Let’s just start with the big news! I wrote another book! It is out there in the world! This always terrifies me. Who has read it? Write me here and let me know what you think, or better yet, stop over at Amazon and drop an...
The Together Leader Extended Edition – April
Are you looking for help with prioritization? Do you want to regain control and feel like you are proactively moving through your days rather than just reacting all day long? Would you like a deeper dive into Togetherness? Without a clear system to sort through the...
January Tips: Fire Alarms, Frosting & Feelings
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, To the extent possible, we hope everyone is in the midst of a somewhat rejuvenating sabbatical – except popping online to read our newsletter, of course! After a colorful closing to our 2021 courses, I’ve been...
September Together Tips: Broken But Buoyant & Back-to-School
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, HAPPY Back to School? Scratch. WELCOME Back to School? No, that isn’t right either. Back to school, hello, is it you? AGAIN. I see you. And that graphing calculator on the middle school math supply list I have yet to purchase....
Together Tradeoffs: Using Togetherness to Make Choices
Occasionally, Togetherness gets a bit of a rep for being inflexible. But we believe the opposite around here. As you’ve heard me say before, “The more planned you are, the more flexible you can be!” (PS I’m thinking I should print this on a shirt! Would you wear that?...
June Together Tips: In-Between Times, Contest & We’re Hiring!
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, [author’s note: This was supposed to land with you Monday morning, but then second grader sent home with sore throat, PCR testing obtained, and is now my helper at home all week.] Hi. How are you all? Flourishing? Languishing?...
Guest Post: Five Ways to Support Together STUDENTS!
Guest posts are few and far between around here, but this Together Student thing keeps popping up. I asked a long-time colleague and senior leader for Denver Public Schools, Sean P., to share some Together Student ideas from across his district. Take it away, Sean! As...
An Excel-lent Together Leader System
On a recent hang in Houston, I re-met Together Tribe member Chris F., a Dean at Relay Graduate School of Education. Chris is a digital loyalist, and I spied this amazing Excel sheet over his shoulder. Chris uses Excel as his main Together Tool because, “Several years...
