So here’s the deal. I’m done seeking work/life balance. And I think you should be too. In fact, I really don’t want work/life balance. I want tremendous imbalance. Towards life
Change Sort of Blows Which Is Why We're Really Bad At It
I originally blogged about this topic a few years ago when I was working at the Search Institute, but lately I’m feeling compelled to revisit some thoughts about change, why it kind of sucks, and why most of us are pretty bad at it.
The Chicago Bears Have an Effective Leadership Setup, Does Your School?
Things I'm Thankful for: Reflections on Running a Small Business
I love Thanksgiving. No shopping. Just really delicious food while being surrounded by people you love. Delicious! I also like counting my blessings. I really do. I like the process of auditing everything I have to be thankful for. In that spirit, I was thinking about all I have to be thankful for within the space of running my business. Here’s my Top 10 list of things I’m thankful for within Eklund Consulting:
IT’S COMPLICATED: An Examination of the Complex Relationship Between School and Community
Relationships can be difficult. Spouses, parents and children, friends, coworkers, teammates; where human emotion is found, waters can get rough. Even under the best of circumstances, there are natural ups and downs, ebbs and flows, that occur between people. Add children, distrust, and momentum of the masses to the equation, and a strong undercurrent builds in our schools, leaving disillusionment in its wake.
A Year of Working with Eklund Consulting
This Moved Me - On Keeping Your Content Fresh (like Phish)
A Ranking of Great Places to Teach: A Revolution
Today's "Throwback Thursday" blog post is from June 19, 2012. Nathan Eklund proposed the beginning of a revolution that should take root in education. Notice the plan is for a list of Top School Workplaces, not Top Schools. There is a difference.
The Minneapolis StarTribune came out with its annual list of “Top Workplaces” in the Twin Cities. It’s a fantastic listing of workplaces through Minnesota who work really hard to make work work.
There are no schools listed.
There is no list of“Top School Workplaces.” Anywhere. Ever.
That’s ridiculous.
Let's Stop Using the Phrase "Buy-In"
Courageous Listening: Are You Open to Criticism?
I often hear people talk about the need for courageous conversations – those discussions that put a pit in your stomach. The ones that you lose sleep over. The ones you rehearse over and over in order to get each word right. And the ones that you probably avoid as much as possible. In some vernacular we call them “Courageous Conversations.” In Eklund Consulting-ese, we call it “Punching the Shark.”
But I’ve been rethinking this notion a bit. Or a lot.