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Tour my home
This month Nic and I took AirBnb up on an offer we couldn’t refuse. A defense contractor was placing an employee for a month and thought our home was the perfect match for her. The offer looked too good to be true, but it checked out.
The results are in...
Thank you so much to the 150 of you who replied to last week’s reader survey! I’m still combing through the results and learn something every time I peek in there.
10 Ways to Motivate Employees to Keep a Clear Desk
Lazy.
Unmotivated.
Unfocused.
Like I just moved in.
These are common responses to a question I ask new clients: "What would a stranger assume about you if they walked into your office right now?"
Listen to my podcast interview on the School Leadership Show
ast week Dr. Mike Doughty, host of The School Leadership Show invited me back after our first interview a couple of years ago. Focusing on school administrators, he was particularly interested in my work in summer 2016 with the staff of Christ Covenant School (read the post here).
How I used Evernote this week to track my Indian cooking
One of the best gifts I’ve received was from my sister last Christmas: the 660 Curries cookbook. My relationship with Indian food is healthy, passionate, and growing, especially now that I’m not dependent on Indian restaurants! After a few trips to the Indian grocer to round out my spice supply, I was off and running.
What I’ve been organizing lately: “Chronic” file folders
Do you have “chronic” file folders? If you’re like most of my clients, you do.
Last week I was working with a client who I hadn’t seen in a year. In revisiting a step rack full of folders that we evaluate year after year, she realized that they were all empty!