Welcome to episode 90 of My Circus, My Monkeys. In the last episode, the question I posed is “where is your energy going?” Why? Because...

The spring semester is almost over, so this month I want us to focus on resetting for the summer and fall. To do that, I have a few...

Question. Are you too busy to really do any professional development? Do you feel like, “sure I’d love to change how I do things, but I’m...

It’s spring cleaning time. We often equate that with throwing out things we don’t want or need anymore. Why? Because it gives us more...

We're continuing our focus on spring cleaning this week, but turn our sights on the stories we have that keep us from achieving our...

It is officially spring, or rather the first full month of spring - April. And it’s traditionally the time to do our spring cleaning and...

Have you ever wished one of your staff members would be more of a team player? Have you ever been told you’re a team player? Or maybe...

When we were at ACPA we did a session titled, “Refocusing on Employee Engagement Ensures Team, Student, and Institutional Success.” As...

Last week I didn’t do a new article because we were at ACPA in St. Louis and quite frankly, I just didn’t have the capacity to do one....

Okay, so this is going to be a quick article. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty exhausted. On my end, I’ve been finishing our new,...

In the past two articles, we talked about ways for folks to prep if they’re searching for a new job. But what if you have the opposite...

Last week, I talked about how the first thing you should do when you start job hunting is understand your talents and how they show up at...

There are always jobs popping up in Higher Ed, but the spring semester is traditionally job-hunting season. Maybe you feel like it’s just...

We talk a lot about talents and strengths, but you may be thinking, “That’s interesting, but I’ve come pretty far in life without really...

Do you have any supervisor problems? Are your employees living up to your expectations? Are there people on your team who complain, have...

The spring semester just started. Sure, you had a break, but I’m guessing that wasn’t enough time to let you fully recover from the...

Happy New Year! Woohoo, we made it to 2022. Are you hopeful that 2022 is going to be better than 2021 and 2020? Normally I wouldn’t go...

Welcome to the last part of our 2021 Wrap Up Series. We designed this series to help you start 2022 off by starting your transformation...

Thanks for coming with us on this four-part series on how to make 2022 a more effective and a less-stressful year for you and your team....

If you’re here because you read the first article in our 2021 Wrap Up series and want to continue your journey into becoming a more...