You’ve likely heard it before: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Druker’s famous line rings true for just about every organization that exists–even more so for mission-driven institutions. It is crucial to establish and maintain a healthy organizational...
One of my all-time favorite television shows is Parks and Recreation. A mockumentary set in a fictional Parks and Rec department in small-town America, the show follows Leslie Knope as she aims to beautify her town while navigating a plethora of bureaucratic hoops....
We are all given the same hours in the day but we all choose to use our time differently depending on our personality and our lives in general. If you have children living at home, then you can relate to me and likely have a lot of different schedules to manage. Just...
Editor’s note: This article by Dan Beerens was originally published in the CACE Blog on June 26, 2017. I often joke in workshops that, as teachers, the day we return from spring break is when we kick in to “fast teaching” mode! We do this because, while we were...