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In August, every strategic plan still looks possible.
The plan is on the wall. The team is in the room. Every person in it means it.
Then it’s October. The plan hasn’t failed; it just hasn’t come up in a while. Nobody decided to remove it. It quietly stopped showing up.
Plans rarely die from being wrong. They die from having nowhere to live.
So here’s the test: look at your recurring agendas, standing decisions, and the data you actually review. If your priority isn’t showing up there, it isn’t protected yet.
The fix is simple: put the whole year on the calendar now. Progress-monitoring meetings, data reviews, coaching cycles, straight through June.
The dates will move. That’s fine. A meeting that exists can be moved. A meeting that was never scheduled just never happens.
Right now there’s room on the calendar. By October, there isn’t.
To the district, state, and school teams doing the unglamorous work right now: thank you. It matters more than the launch did.
Listen to the latest episode for more. I put the five questions we use for a first 30-day check-in into a one-page agenda. Free, no form. Link below.
Show notes links:
- Use this agenda for your first 30-day check-in
