The Good News

I’ve been using star words/intention words/guiding words for a decade now and (as you can tell) it has taken all sorts of shapes and forms during that time. Some years, whatever word or words I have, have actively lived in me, constantly present and shaping me all year long. Other years, I completely forget about them until the end of the year and they become the lens (or one of them) that I use to reflect about the past year. Sometimes…

As I write this newsletter, my favorite football teams all lost, our political world is in turmoil and it’s below zero outside. These are the dog days of Winter! All joking? aside, February has always been the month I struggle through the most, for a variety of reasons. From what I understand, I am not alone. Years ago, Carla and I decided…

Well, now I’m excited! A year or so ago, our Vision & Leadership Team asked whether now (then) might be the time to enter a Strategic Planning Process. We all looked at each other, knowing the work that goes into such an effort and decided: no. We just didn’t have the capacity to do that work well. And more time passed.