Set The Table Strategies

The ChangeMakers Summit is a wrap, and it was an honor to facilitate conversations at the intersection of leadership, relational health, and purpose. ✨

Meaningful change is rarely a solo endeavor.

Surround yourself with people who aren’t just talking about the change they want to see, but are doing the work to create it.

What a room!

How do we build the relational skills to support our students, support one another, and do it all without burning out?

Today’s staff training is a wrap!

We dove into the relational skills today’s educators need to meet the evolving needs of students while strengthening the team around them and staying grounded through the demands of the work.

Thank you to the entire team over at Vocatio Career Prep for your openness, engagement, and willingness to wrestle with the real challenges facing teachers and students today.

The hardest thing about how quickly our world is changing is that it impacts EVERY area of society. 🏢🏨⛪🏛️🏫

Digital dependence, social disconnection, and growing relational strains are quietly shaping how we do life.

That means being more intentional about strengthening the fabric of the spaces where we live, learn, and work.

Next week, we’ll be partnering with 𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 to spend time with local educators digging into the changing dynamics impacting the classroom (digital distraction & attention deficits, behavioral concerns, home-life challenges etc.) and how staff can better support one another and connect with their students.

This is a closed training. But if your team is looking to not only work better together, but build the relational skills to better impact those you serve, please connect with us.✨

What a joy to spend the day training a VERY special group of humans.

Today's team was an exceptional mix of nurses, hospital staff & counselors, all there to serve kids experiencing homelessness or coming from situations of abuse or neglect.

Their care was so genuine, and it was clear how passionate they were about making a difference in these kids lives.

I think they may have been my favorite work team this summer. ❤️

Bittersweet to see summer season slowly winding down as we prepare for our final Relational Skills Training with camp staff TOMORROW in Long Island.

It’s been such an enjoyable summer working with young teams and watching them lean into better communication, greater self-awareness, and stronger working habits with one another.

Looking ahead to fall, our focus will be on organizations, nonprofits and ministries. We’re also opening new spaces for our 𝟔-𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩—for leaders ready to go beyond one-time training sessions and build a healthier team culture from the 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺-𝘂𝗽.

Full speed ahead. ✨

Today, work became deeply personal.

Thia afternoon, I led a relational skills staff training at Camp Kon-O-Kwee—the very camp where my brother dedicated over a decade of his life before losing his battle with cancer.

I haven't been back since.

I invited my parents to join me so we could spend some time together at the Memorial Camp Fire built in his honor. It was our first time seeing it in person.

What struck me most was that none of the staff I trained today had ever met my brother. They were simply too young.

Yet it was clear that his presence is still felt here, and I was reminded that the impact he left on this place is still VERY much alive.

Through their warmth, openness, and enthusiasm, I felt closer to my brother today than I have in a very long time. It's funny how those things work. ✨

Thanking God for this full-circle moment.