I’ve been thinking a lot about mindset. Not only was this the topic of a recent blog post and a fantastic conversation with my friend and colleague, Nozomi Morgan on LinkedIn Live. What I also realized is how – and how much – my own mindset has changed over the last three years, significantly enhancing […]
Tag: leadership development
Leaders and Managers Revisited
It is no secret that I like to draw a clear (if somewhat graduated) delineation between management and leadership. In a previous piece on the topic, I summarized the difference as follows: Leaders and Managers tell and – under the best of circumstances – demonstrate what to do and how to do it. Leaders, on the other hand, model […]
Out With the Bullies!
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, […]
No, You Are Not Hiring Leaders
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 […]
We Are All Millennials Now
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 […]