Among the essential skills we expect leaders to have is giving and receiving feedback. Everyone needs to know how they are doing, what they might improve, what they are particularly good at, etc. Feedback focuses on the past, and in particular on what you did recently. And, that’s important in providing guidance on how you can do it better in the future.
The first in a series of case studies supporting our clients as they think about the process of engaging others to move ideas forward in their environment.
Enjoy! And thanks to Evan Silberman from NYU for partnering with us on this write up.
NYU-Case-Study-Building-Leadership-Community.pdf
Last Sunday morning most of us experienced a disruptive event in our sleeping as we shifted our physical and mental clocks forward one hour to Daylight Saving Time.
Mike Dewey is Director of Campus Services in the Office of Information Technology at Rice University. He leads groups that provide desktop computing support and help desk services. He is also interim director of the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarly Technologies group.
Today’s Tuesday Reading, Life and Leadership are Team Sports, is an essay by Connie Buechele, Director of Information Technology, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. Connie is an alumnus of the MOR Leaders Program. Her essay first appeared as a program reflection last year.
Some of you may have read this book, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, if not I recommend it.
In a recent coaching session, my client began by saying “I feel like I’m an impostor.” What that means is that the individual felt that any successes experienced – admission to a prestigious school, a special job, a promotion, recognition, good fortune of any kind, etc.
