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
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 […]
Where Does Change Live?
As I continue my journey through the world of Agile and how its principles and values can transform higher education institutions, I have realized that it is time to revise a few of my initial thoughts on the topic. One that most recently popped up during an enlightening conversation with a former university provost was […]
Leadership, Culture, and Climate in Higher Education
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 […]
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 […]
Time Is Money – Or Is 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 […]