Leadership is an Expression of Values
Read Today’s Leaders Need Vulnerability, Not Bravado by Amy C. Edmondson and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, from Harvard Business Review, October 19, 2020. Follow The Black Experience in Higher Education series on Inside Higher Ed Read Chief Diversity Officers: Strategies for Success in the Current Moment by Charlene Aguilar, from HigherEdJobs.com, October…
We won’t see growth in ourselves until we are truthful about our fears and lean into the discomfort. Learn how to lean into your fears and address your own vulnerability, right here, right now! Putting together a personal development plan can seem daunting. It can feel overwhelming to put together…
Read How Employee Assistance Programs Can Help Your Whole Company Address Racism at Work by Jodi Jacobson Frey, from Harvard Business Review, October 14, 2020. Listen to Blurring the Lines of the University from Future U Podcast, October 6, 2020. Read Their Bosses Asked Them to Lead Diversity Reviews. Guess Why.…
It is difficult to make a plan to improve yourself if you aren’t sure how you are making progress towards your goals. Learn how to measure your own success and move on to your goals, right here, right now! Putting together a personal development plan can seem daunting. It can…
It is difficult to make a plan to improve yourself if you listen to the voices that limit your possibilities. Learn how to acknowledge the limiting beliefs and move on to your goals, right here, right now! Putting together a personal development plan can seem daunting. It can feel overwhelming…
Read The Psychological Superpower of 2020 Is Restraint by Ayodeji Awosika, from The Forge on Medium.com, December 12, 2018. Read The Most Likely Way You’ll Get Infected With Covid-19 by Dana G Smith, from Elemental on Medium.com, September 16, 2020. Read How Different Personality Types Cope with an Always-On Culture…
It is difficult to make a plan to improve yourself if you lack the motivation to move forward. Learn how you can motivate yourself using an easy win and how to pick a stretch goal, right here, right now! Putting together a personal development plan can seem daunting. It can…
Listen to Cultivate a Trans Inclusive Workplace from the Harvard Business Review IdeaCast podcast Read More Pandemic Consequences for Underrepresented Students by Greta Anderson, from Inside Higher Ed, September 16, 2020. Read Micro-Mentoring: How a Small Moment Can Alter Your Career Path by Charles R. Middleton, from Higheredjobs.com, September 21, 2020…
It is difficult to make a plan to improve yourself if you don’t know what strengths you use on a daily basis that can use a spruce-up or a total revamp. Take an inventory to learn about and identify your strengths, right here, right now! Putting together a personal development…
Listen to Is Happiness at Work Really Attainable? from Harvard Business Review Cold Call Podcast from September 2020. Read Why Your Brain Is So Foggy by Dana Smith, from Medium.com, September 8, 2020. Read Campus Life and Caregiving by Amy Armenia, Sharon Carnahan and Alice Davidson, from Inside Higher Ed, September 14, 2020.…
With everything going on in the world right now, how can you put time into a personal development plan? Start thinking about what you can do right here, right now. Kick-off your plans by telling yourself your plans don’t need to be perfect! Putting together a personal development plan can…
Read Everything in Your Career Is on Fire by Justin Zackal, from HigherEdJobs.com, August 27, 2020. Read Mindset List Takes New Form by Scott Jaschik, from Inside Higher Ed, September 9, 2020. Read How Colleges Can (and Can’t) Support 2020 Campaign-Related Activities on Campus and Help Students Vote from the…
How do move away from professional skill development to supervising to a staff member’s strengths? Consider using a management plan model and learn how you can help staff identify ways to use their strengths.
Read Your Unconscious Bias Trainings Keep Failing Because You’re Not Addressing Systemic Bias by Janice Gassam Asare, from Forbes.com, December 29, 2019. Watch How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them by Verna Myers, from TEDxBeaconStreet, November 2014 Read Replacing Ineffective “Diversity” Interview Questions from JPHigherEd Part of WiFi (What…
Strong staff teams start with strong managers who understand how to build a strong team. Learn to move beyond building a well-rounded individual and move to lead your team based on their strengths. Read about the various inventories and assessments that can help you build your team! I have spent…
Read Implicit Bias Training for Woke Faculty by Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, from Inside Higher Ed, July 10, 2020. Read How Can Professors Bring Anti-Racist Pedagogy Practices Into the Classroom? by Sara Weissman, from Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 25, 2020. Read How Brands Can Follow Through on the Values They’re…
Read the original post, Supervision Skills Matter or Why I Still Remember a One on One from 2 Decades Ago, for more information. You can also read through Supervision Resources.
Read Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful by Tara Haelle, from Medium.com, August 16, 2020. Read How to Overcome Classroom Zoom Fatigue by Elizabeth Stone, from Inside Higher Ed, August 19, 2020. Read Are Your D&I Efforts Helping Employees Feel Like They Belong? by Michael…
Read the post Navigating Institutional Politics for more information.
Read A Dry Run at a Socially Distanced Classroom by Anna McLoon and Sarah K. Berke, from Inside Higher Ed, August 3, 2020. Listen to How to Assess Learning in a Pandemic By Rebecca Koenig, from EdSurge.com, Jul 29, 2020. Read Four Conversations Leaders in the #MeToo Era Should Be Ready For by…
Read the original article Navigating Office or Institutional Politics for additional information.
Read Navigating Gender Identity and Expression During a Job Search by Lauren Easterling, from Inside Higher Ed, July 24, 2019. Read What Deaf People Can Teach Others About Virtual Communication by Sabina Nawaz and Roberta J. Cordano, from Harvard Business Review, August 3, 2020. Read Core Values: Overview and Examples from Indeed.com…
Read the original article Tips for Holding an Interview in the Middle of a Campus Crisis for additional information.
Read How to Lead with Emotional Intelligence During Hard Times by Eileen Hoenigman Meyer from HigherEdJobs.com, July 23, 2020. Read Communicating Risks to Foster Compliance by Lindsay McKenzie from Inside Higher Ed, July 28, 2020. Read Three Tips for First-Generation Graduate Students Navigating Education During the Pandemic by Stella Smith…
What do you do when your emotions show up in the middle of an interview? What can you do to recover from the situation, and what can you learn to do to prepare in the future? Learn what you can do to be your best version of yourself when your emotions show up in the interview.
Read How to fight off feeling like a fraud during your job search by Andrew Seaman, from LinkedIn News, July 20, 2020. Listen to Planning, Adjusting and Communicating for the Fall? from Inside Higher Ed Podcast, July 14, 2020. Read Dealing with Uncertainty During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Lawrence Robinson…
Dealing with unemployment can be isolating and professional development opportunities can exacerbate feelings of being alone. Even when surrounded by your peers. Read more about what I learned about the power of being vulnerable and honest about myself.
Read Centering Students’ Needs by Maximillian Matthews, from Inside Higher Ed, July 14, 2020 Read Don’t Let Micro-Stresses Burn You Out by Rob Cross, Jean Singer and Karen Dillon, from Harvard Business Review, July 9, 2020. Read The Early Impacts of COVID-19 on the Community College Student Experience by Linda L. Garcia, Mike Bohlig…
Read How to Be a Better Ally to Your Black Colleagues by Stephanie Creary, from Harvard Business Review, July 8, 2020. Read Reopening Campuses, Racial Disparities by Kery Murakami, from Inside HigherEd, July 8, 2020. (page 2) Read How “Different” Will Post-COVID Higher Education Be, Especially for “At-Risk” Students? by…
In a world changing daily, how do you address your own role in complicit behavior? Continue feeling the discomfort of change – this time, in the world YOU need to personally change! Fourth in a series. When I began my series on finding relevancy in a changing world, I was…
Read Guide to Coded Language in Education Vol. 2, posted by Subversive Thread on Instagram. Part of WiFi (What I Find Interesting) Wednesday.
Even when we are in the middle of leading a facilitated experience, we have the responsibility to be mindful about how we “show up.” There are many ways to be mindful before, during and after the experience. In the excerpt from the new book, The SAGA Facilitation Model, I explore how you can improve your ability to be mindful when planning and participating in a facilitated meeting, workshop or training
In order to have tough, but necessary, conversations to improve the culture of your organization, you must be able to identify common conversation blockers and improve your response. I believe now, more than ever, we should be equipped with strategies for overcoming these blocks and retain focus without engaging in…
A curated list of online resources for those trying to maintain an equitable and inclusive environment. The list of resources will be updated frequently – please check again periodically. During the stay-at-home order, I have been blessed with how comfortable I have been able to make my own office set-up.…
Read That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief, by Scott Barinato from the Harvard Business Review. Part of WiFi (What I Find Interesting) Wednesday. A year ago, I was working on the manuscript of my book, Tales of a Displaced Worker. I found articles online that described the feelings I had about…
Even when we are in crisis, we can be thoughtful and deliberate in our personal and professional development. Using the Management Plan model, you can focus your efforts on what skills to learn I have been watching my Facebook feed and reading news about the shift to remote learning and…
For the full blog, read Supervising Students to be Confident Leaders. You can also find supervisor resources within the website! The 3 Dimensions of Improving Student Performance: Finding the Right Solutions to the Right Problems – Dr. Robert Rueda
What do you do when the office politics become personal? How do you make the choice to stay or leave? Read more about how I had to navigate interpersonal politics with a supervisor and my personal decisions on how to snap-back.
Institutional politics can be just as frustrating as office politics. Understanding your political voice is grounded in that power you have implicitly will change how you approach the politics. See how I began to see and use my own political voice to make a place for me at the table.
Managing tough questions about long-term unemployment is challenging. Answering the questions at professional conferences is even tougher. Learn strategies for answering some challenging, but oft-repeated, questions when you’re surrounded by peers in your field.
