Coaching for Leaders

453: Family Productivity, with Bonni Stachowiak

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Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide*.

Key Points
  • Create margin by under-scheduling family and kid commitments. Our default setting is to have a limited about scheduled on weekends.
  • We collaborate on schedules by using shared iCloud calendars as a family. Acuity Scheduling* supports both of us professionally in automating scheduling to ensure conflicts are rare.
  • We both use systems to capture ideas and activities before we decide to move on them. The Drafts app helps both of us do this quickly. Bonni keeps a “someday/maybe” list and Dave keeps an “incubation” list.
  • We get the kids involved with household responsibilities, so everybody learns to contribute and share daily work.
  • Take time to put on your leadership hat to make decisions about what’s important. Then, you can manage from there.
    • Resources Mentioned
    • The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide* by Bonni Stachowiak
    • Full Focus Planner* from Michael Hyatt
    • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World* by David Epstein
    • Who Killed the Weekend? by Katrina Onstad
    • Kourosh Dini: Mind, Music, & Productivity
    • Streaks app
      • Related Episodes
      • Getting Things Done, with David Allen (episode 184)
      • How to Become the Person You Want to Be, with James Clear (episode 376)
      • Finding Joy Through Intentional Choices, with Bonni Stachowiak (episode 417)
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