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Lifting As We Climb One of the most powerful traditions among women leaders is the commitment to lift others as they rise. Many women can point to someone who opened a door, shared advice, or simply said, “You can do this.” Those moments create ripple effects that extend far beyond a single career or opportunity. Women’s History Month offers a chance to reflect on the mentors who helped guide our path and to ask an important question. Who might benefit from encouragement, gui

In human services fields, innovation is often framed as new systems, tools, compliance structures, and metrics. Real innovation begins somewhere quieter. It begins when a leader decides to lead whole humans, not just employees. Over the course of my career, staff members came into my office, closed the door, and asked questions unrelated to curriculum or evaluation frameworks. How do I start saving for retirement in my twenties? How do I get divorced? Should I go back to scho

I did not get here alone. There were women who saw something in me before I fully saw it in myself. They trusted me with responsibility when I still carried doubt. They invited me into rooms where decisions were made. They corrected me without diminishing me. They challenged me without threatening me. They modeled strength that was steady, not loud. One of them told me early in my leadership journey, “You do not need permission to lead. You need preparation and integrity.” Th

The Legacy of Gen X Teachers Gen X leadership carries a quiet strength. That same steady, adaptive, no-nonsense resilience shows up powerfully in Gen X teachers who are now senior in their careers, standing at the late or final chapters of their time in the classroom. If you are Gen X, you remember chalkboards. Overhead projectors. Film strips that jammed. Card catalogs. The first classroom desktop computer that felt like a spaceship. You learned to teach before email was con

The Mentoring Mirror “In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.” – Phil Collins The beauty of mentorship lies in its...

Intentional Mentorship: a relationship built on presence, purpose, and intention. When we mentor with intention, we pass on knowledge,...

Leading in Education by Lifting Others If you’re in educational leadership (or aspire to be), remember this: you didn’t get here alone....