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The Magic of Actionable Plans and Tools for Higher Ed Success Around New Year’s, I found myself laughing at several memes about it being the season for fancy new notebooks destined to change our lives.

We tend to remember unfinished tasks twice as well as completed ones. Unfinished tasks are like “cognitive itches” that give us that nagging feeling of unfinished business.

Are you on LinkedIn? Let me get more specific about what I mean, because “on LinkedIn” could mean anything from posting every day to having a profile that’s been collecting virtual dust since your last

Childhood Dreams of Teaching When I was a little girl, I would line up my stuffed animals classroom-style and pretend I was their teacher. I idolized my third-grade teacher, Mrs. Brophy, who wore loud clogs,

Have you read The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban? If you haven’t, open up a browser tab and order it from your favorite independent bookstore right now. It’s an amazing guide and could change

Strategic planning engages our creativity This allows us to articulate our hopes for the future. Academics are GREAT at ideation. I’m sure you have found yourself at meetings where more ideas are generated than could

The Overwhelm of the Academic Year There are times in the academic year that we all know are just a murky soup of overwhelm. The time of year probably correlates to your position on campus

Why Higher Ed Strategic Planning Matters In previous posts, I have written about the conditions leading to a successful strategic planning process, how appreciative inquiry can be used to facilitate an inclusive strategic planning process,

The Power of Inclusive Strategic Planning When community college leaders envision future priorities, I can guarantee they are not only considering stakeholders within the metaphorical walls of the institution. Community colleges play a vital role