#19: Talking Tokens

100 Posts in 100 Days Our group’s pattern of behavior had been that certain voices dominated conversations while other voices were rarely, if ever, heard.  We were going to be having important decision-making conversations during this retreat and it felt essential to ensure that all perspectives were part of the dialogue. So, I came up… More #19: Talking Tokens

#18: Decisions, Decisions

100 Posts in 100 Days In yesterday’s post, I shared 10 shifts I made this year in the way I plan our leadership meetings.  Shift #3 was about levels of empowerment and shift #4 was about planning for decision making.  Making decisions can be hard.  Making decisions in a group can be harder.  That “inside… More #18: Decisions, Decisions

#13: Mastery Orientation and Performance Orientation

100 Posts in 100 Days   I’ve been thinking about goals a lot lately, in a variety of different contexts.  (Notice the big watermelon returning from Post 12:  Making Goals Work? 😆)  It’s May and near the end of the school year.  The concept of mastery goals and performance goals has been on my mind… More #13: Mastery Orientation and Performance Orientation