Author: Dr. Tim Jansa

I’d like to use this post to bring attention to an important piece authored by Eileen Hoenigman Meyer based on thought leadership by James Bernthal. What strikes me is that the article not only addresses the fundamental, yet mostly overlooked, difference between organizational culture and its climate, where the latter denotes a snapshot of the […]

I’ve been meaning to share this excellent resource by Kim Scott, the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How To Work Together Better, as it is highly applicable to what ails much of higher education leadership. In my experience, being bullied in some form is, unfortunately, […]

I often hear people talking about hiring someone into a leadership position. And I have a problem with that. Granted, I may be splitting semantic hairs here, but it bears repeating that leadership is not positional; management is. Let me explain. As I have written elsewhere, management is, first and foremost, about telling people what […]

Silos are everywhere in higher education – and not just out in bucolic pastures in the Great American Heartland. I have always believed that disciplinary and functional silos are, ultimately, the bane of every institution’s existence and a major contributor to its possible or eventual downfall. Why? Because they both represent and are sustained by […]

Entitled. Needy. Spoiled. Seeking instant gratification. – Sound familiar? Well, think again… Setting the Stage To be honest, I didn’t quite know what to expect from a book about Millennials. The idea of embracing a specific leadership approach targeted at a specific age group of employees did pique my interest, of course. But perhaps it […]

The old saying, “time is money,” is probably the most widely used and highly venerated trope in business worldwide. And, sure, why would any for-profit organization spend one of its most precious resources, time, on things that don’t enhance the bottom line first and foremost? Why, then, am I writing about something that is universally […]

A Manifesto and the Purpose of Education A colleague asked me last week why I spend so much time writing blog entries and articles such as this one instead of publishing in academic peer-reviewed journals, which she considered a much more valiant and prestigious effort. On the one hand, there is, of course, an element […]