My Transition from Management to Leadership This post is about how knowing yourself and improving yourself relates to transitioning from management to leadership. This comes… Continue Reading My Transition from Management to LeadershipContinue Reading
As WACD’s Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) has been working together, I have learned that talking openly about these topics is not always… Continue Reading The Discomfort of Discussing DEIContinue Reading
New book in my library: Atomic Habits As I’ve noted before, I’m an inveterate reader. Cereal boxes, ingredient lists, map legends, poetry, technical manuals: I’ll… Continue Reading New Book: Atomic HabitsContinue Reading
The transition to a new manager This topic may seem off the beaten path for WACD. But since we all want our conservation districts to… Continue Reading Transitioning to a new district managerContinue Reading
What a difference a week makes! If I have any theme this week, it’s that life has been a mixture of big and little things,… Continue Reading What a difference a week makes!Continue Reading
The changing nature of conservation district leadership and management In my lifetime, I have found it very interesting to observe how organizations are led and… Continue Reading The changing nature of conservation district leadership and managementContinue Reading
Why we need to support people My favorite barista My favorite barista is an amazing human. She puts up with some horrible customers and yet… Continue Reading Why we need to support peopleContinue Reading
Use currency to reach people where they are Anyone who has or had a teenager in the house will get this: if you couch your… Continue Reading Use currency to reach people where they areContinue Reading
How Do You Keep It All Together? One of the things I love about working with conservation districts is how focused they are on service… Continue Reading Managers and Leaders: How Do You Keep It All Together?Continue Reading
Listen, Learn, Adapt, Act As I write this, the last day of the 2021 Washington Association of District Employees annual conference is occurring. I am… Continue Reading Listen, Learn, Adapt, ActContinue Reading
