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Renewed Ground Rules: Leading with Intention in 2025
Set the tone for a transformative year with practical strategies to align your leadership, prioritize what matters, and create balance for both work and life. As we step into 2025, we’re given a fresh opportunity to reset and realign our ground rules—not just for our...

Protecting Your Prep:
Three Ways Leaders Self-Sabotage Deep Work and How to Stop It. Gotta minute? Two words that can completely derail your day. Picture this: you’re heading to a meeting, settling in at your desk to finish an important report, or rushing out the door almost late to your...

Renewed Goals for the New Year
Renewed Goals for the New Year Happy New Year… almost! There’s something magical about the days leading up to New Year’s Eve. It’s a rare window of calm—a chance to breathe, take a break from the busyness of school, and recalibrate. This pause offers the perfect...

When the Holidays are Hard
…How are you?…No, really. I originally wanted to call this post “The Year I Cried in Line Buying a Glass Christmas Tree.” Last weekend, I was wrapping up my final paper for the semester and decided to take a much-needed brain break to pick up some Christmas gifts. My...

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Jessica is the Principal of Alternative Educations Programs in Austin, Minnesota. Previously, she was the principal of Ellis Middle School in Austin, Minnesota, and the principal of the “Happiest Place in Southeastern Minnesota,” the Woodson Kindergarten Center.
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