A message for the New Year
Happy New Year! Welcome 2020! It’s the start of a new decade, and hopefully, an opportunity for all of us to take some time...
Fall Planning Season
Welcome to Fall, a.k.a. planning season! If you’re like me, you’re busy mapping out the process and timeline for creating a 2020 budget and...
Relationship Building
In these current times, many of us are turning even more attention and intentionality to work with our local communities. For those of us...
Creating a Feedback-Rich Culture
There is one management skill, in particular, that is worth highlighting: giving and receiving feedback. Feedback isn’t about “once-and-done.” An effective organization strives to...
DEI Update and Welcome Kellie to TREC
In TREC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statement we say: “We believe TREC has a deep responsibility to actively leverage our resources and capabilities...
Mood Contagion
It was about two months ago when I wrote about how the news was hard to take, and how many of us have worked...
Look to nature for inspiration.
The news can be hard to take right now. I hear many of you say that you can take it only in small doses;...
Have the conversation.
Summer is here and the days are long; hopefully, this doesn’t mean your work days have gotten longer. I’m sure you feel like there...
We are evolving.
What do you think makes an effective organization? A strong leader? An influential campaign? What does effectiveness mean in today’s context, amid backsliding on...
December to-do list
2017 is finally coming to a close, and what a year it has been! I know you have been running fast, and working hard...