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Springwell and Associates We are a strategic implementation firm that supports school systems, companies, and nonprofits that want to create healthy, results-focused environments.

We do that by analyzing how work gets done, leveling up learning and development across all levels with an impact that lasts long after our engagement.

10/14/2026

We showed up polished for the Global Africa Summit. The candid shots tell a slightly different story.

Badges on, drinks in hand, plenty to laugh about between sessions — turns out some of the best moments at a summit happen off stage. A few hallway conversations, one very serious debate over lunch options, and a team that clearly enjoys each other's company as much as the work itself.

That's the part of these trips you don't put in the recap deck, but it's usually the part worth remembering most.

Urgency and anxiety can look exactly the same from the outside — full calendars, fast replies, everyone moving. Only one...
10/14/2026

Urgency and anxiety can look exactly the same from the outside — full calendars, fast replies, everyone moving. Only one of them actually gets anywhere.

Here are six signs your team's speed is coming from the wrong place.

Swipe through and be honest about which ones showed up this month.

10/13/2026

Here's the thing nobody teaches us: how to disagree well. Most of us were taught to avoid it or to win it — and neither one actually builds a team.

This week I'm sharing the one small shift that turns a tense disagreement into an actually useful conversation.

If your team needs to get better at disagreeing productively, we'd love to help. Reach out and let's chat.

Most plans don't fail because the thinking was wrong. They fail in translation — when the strategy that made sense in th...
10/12/2026

Most plans don't fail because the thinking was wrong. They fail in translation — when the strategy that made sense in the room never quite makes it into the rhythm of a Tuesday.

Drop your answer below. Want help building the systems that carry strategy into daily work? Let's talk.

10/09/2026

Confession: almost every team we sit down with can rattle off a dozen "top priorities" without breaking a sweat. The real test is naming the three that still matter once the calendar gets messy again.

This week, we're talking about why a shorter list wins every time — and what it actually takes to protect it past week one.

If your team's priority list needs an honest, no-judgment edit before Q4 locks in, we'd love to help. Let's talk.

Most teams don't actually have too much honesty. They have too little of it delivered with any care — so people stop tru...
10/09/2026

Most teams don't actually have too much honesty. They have too little of it delivered with any care — so people stop trusting either one.

Catmull's point cuts against a common assumption: that direct and kind are opposites, and you have to pick one. His experience building Pixar's creative culture says otherwise. The two aren't in tension. Real candor requires empathy, or it isn't actually feedback — it's just criticism with better branding.

Want a feedback culture people actually lean into instead of dread? Let's talk.

10/08/2026

Not all empathy actually helps the person in front of you.

Marshall Goldsmith breaks empathy into four types: understanding, feeling, caring, and doing. All four are real. Only one of them actually changes anything for the other person.

His point that stands out: empathy isn't automatically good. It can pull you toward comforting someone instead of helping them, or toward agreeing instead of telling them what they need to hear. The real question isn't how much empathy you have — it's which kind the moment actually calls for.

Want a leadership team that's better at reading which kind of empathy a moment actually needs? Let's talk.

A status update and a one-on-one can look identical from the outside. Same calendar block. Same two people. Completely d...
10/07/2026

A status update and a one-on-one can look identical from the outside. Same calendar block. Same two people. Completely different value.

Here are five signs yours has quietly become the wrong one — and what that's actually costing you.

Swipe through, then tell us: which one hit closest to home?

10/06/2026

Your calendar is color-coded, time-blocked, and beautiful on paper. By 10am Tuesday, it's already blown up — a kid forgot something at home, a client fire eats the 5 minutes you had for it.

Jossalyn's take: the plan was never supposed to survive contact with real life. The real question is what you protect first when it breaks, and what you let go of without guilt.

Don't grade yourself on whether the calendar held. Grade yourself on what still got protected when it didn't. Let's name what's actually going on the next time your day falls apart.

10/05/2026

What a moment. Grateful doesn't quite cover it.

Springwell had the honor of joining the panel on Scaling Ventures and Workforce Development at the Global Africa Summit in Charlotte — sitting alongside incredible men and women, talking through the systems, culture, and talent development it actually takes to build something that holds up over time.

Conversations like this are exactly why we do the work we do. Thank you to the organizers, the fellow panelists, and everyone in the room for making it one to remember.

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Charlotte, NC
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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
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