We are all bombarded by requests and demands. We often have a sense of urgency in responding either “yes” or “no,” but what if we decided to wait – to pause – before responding? What if we take a look at our “Ideal Week” and our list of “More or Less” before we respond to […]
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As we continue on our journey to “Escape the Overwhelm,” today we are spending time reflecting on what is really important to us. This is particularly timely because today is our first daughter Clara’s 5th heavenly birthday. During the days and weeks that followed her death, I was able to be more clear than ever
Hopefully this week, you have been applying some of the strategies from last week’s post on Escaping the Overwhelm. It often takes a while for us to get to the point of “overwhelm” so it makes sense that it will take some time to get “out” of that overwhelmed place. One of the most effective
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How often do you feel overwhelmed? Is it daily, weekly or only occasionally? When we are working with partners and coalitions, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all that needs to be done in order to successfully work together well. In addition, partnership and coalition-building is often only part of the work we are expected
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The past two weeks we have discussed some ways to simply, efficiently and effectively evaluate your coalition. The first evaluation post focused primarily on reflection and the second evaluation post, we highlighted who to ask. This week we are focused on three of my favorite questions to ask when evaluating a coalition. These questions can
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Last week, we began our discussion on evaluating progress as a coalition. Most of the discussion focused on “reviewing.” This week, we will focus on “asking.” Good evaluation efforts are a combination of reflection, reviewing and asking for feedback. Join me this week as I provide three additional ways you can evaluate your progress as
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Do you get overwhelmed by evaluation? Do you get excited by it? In my experience, most folks are either really excited and energized by evaluation and others are overwhelmed by it and want to outsource it as much as possible. 🙂 When I first started working on evaluation, I found it completely overwhelming. I remember
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Over the past several weeks, we have focused on setting priorities, dealing with disappointment related to priorities and staying focused on priorities. One of the best ways we can stay focused on our priorities is to set realistic action items so that we are making progress on our priorities. I don’t know about you, but
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Although you may have selected priorities, narrowed those priorities and have begun working on these priorities, it can be very tempting to get distracted by many other things and no longer focus on your priorities. If you want to make an impact and see outcomes related to your priority, it’s important to stay focused. This
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One important challenge with coalition building is that coalition members have their own passion, priority and organizational goals. When you set priorities as a coalition, some of those members will not have their “priority” as the coalition’s priorities. This can be disappointing for members and may even result in them deciding not to participate in
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