Tuesday Readings
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Lee Corso, the power of practice, and having some fun along the way
Lee Corso was a member of ESPN’s College Game Day program. After 38 years, he retired this past Saturday. Here are fi… -
Cold Showers Never Feel Warm
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Christian Schmieder, Assistant Director for Data Governance at the University of Wisc… -
Time for a Leadership Check In
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Mark Askren, Executive Leadership Coach with MOR Associates, and former Vice Presiden… -
Do MOR, not necessarily more
I’ve learned that when I commit to doing MOR, I don’t have to do more. The tools and habits are part of the empowerme… -
Finding Your Sweet Spot: The Unique Path to Habit Formation
Forming a new habit is not about sheer willpower – it’s about finding your sweet spot – the method, timing, and motiv… -
Learning to Pause
Whether responding to a question, making a decision, or a difficult conversation, pausing gives us time to think, bre… -
Population Demographics are Destiny, 2025
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jack Wolfe, MOR Associates Senior Consultant and Executive Coach. Jack may be reache… -
What if Culture and Strategy Share a Breakfast?
Culture and strategy must collaborate for success; when aligned and sharing breakfast, they fuel resilience and adapt… -
Calm in the Storm: Five Practices for Leading Through Disruptive Change
Leading during turbulent times requires supporting your people and leading with strategic focus. Here are five strate… -
Strategic Leadership in Uncertain Times
As leaders, we have the responsibility and the opportunity to lead with vision, empathy, and resolve in a complex and… -
Embrace the Nice
I got feedback that I was “too nice.” I assume if they had given me advice, they would have said, “Be less nice!” My … -
Navigating Workforce Instability: Employing Talent Agility in Higher Education
Higher education must foster talent agility to adapt, ensuring resilience and innovation amid workforce instability. -
Integrating IT Across the University: MOR’s Recommended Approach
IT integration requires intentional wording, an inclusive process, a clear purpose, established principles, an effect… -
Consolidate, Centralize, Reorganize, Restructure Are on the Front Burner Again
Consolidation strategies at universities meet resistance. Success hinges on clear goals, local expertise, and avoidin… -
Sweeping Success: Clarifying Value and ROI
Declutter your organization by focusing on high-impact activities clarifying value and boosting ROI as you consider w… -
Navigating the Current Threat to Higher Education
The leader’s role is to position the organization to be successful in a constantly evolving environment. -
From Railways to Three Lenses: Embracing Change in Leadership
I faced significant pushback from others when making changes. This confounded me until we studied Van Maanen’s three … -
Leadership Priorities Means Separating the Immediate From the Important
What do leaders need to do to balance the Important versus the Immediate? If everything is a priority, then nothing i… -
This Is The Work of Leadership
Transitioning from technical work to leadership involves coaching managers and aligning on context, philosophy, and g… -
Stop Giving Advice and Start Asking the Right Coaching Questions
Michael Bungay Stanier’s book, The Coaching Habit, offers a simple yet powerful framework to transform how leaders co… -
Challenge Assumptions to Create Smarter Higher Education IT Strategy
Our teams want to innovate and improve our institutions. Our leadership responsibility is focusing on measurable, ben… -
Prioritizing Self-Care in the Workplace Is Not Selfish
As the self-care trend emerged over the past few decades, I was too busy to pay much attention. My mindset has slowly… -
10 Leadership Journey Guiding Principles
As I approach 25 years at Indiana University, I reflect on my values and how I made them uniquely me. -
Is Your Emotional Intelligence a Leadership Superpower or Kryptonite?
Emotional Intelligence wasn’t always a concept I grasped fully. I hadn’t realized my emotions communicated even when … -
Four Ways to Help Leaders Respond Better to Uncertainty
Pause, Process, Plan, and People. As you navigate through uncertainty toward trust; trust in self, an intentional pat… -
The Challenge and Opportunity of Embracing Leadership Discomfort
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Ranna Farzan, Associate Director, Technology Strategy and Planning, Harvard Universit… -
Insights on the Importance of Leadership Delegation Skills
One of my biggest opportunities for growth is more effective delegation. Delegation is never one-size-fits-all. -
The Journey to Discovering Leadership Presence
I don’t know about you, but I still reflect on what I learned during my MOR workshops. A theme that was a cornerstone… -
The Benefit of Ignorance
When I accepted my current job, I was worried that my lack of knowledge of the day-to-day would make me an ineffectiv… -
Soccer From a Non-Sports Fan
The best coaches assess player skills and place them into positions where they will be most successful. Where they ha… -
When Leaders Treat People As Adults
I’ll share something my grandpa told me when I was in high school: treat people as adults. -
Some Practice Favorites: A Post-Holiday Refresh
I am offering up some favorite practices and practice tips to encourage you to embrace the joy of practice. -
A Word for More Intentionality in 2025
A “word of the year.” This word signifies what you want to strive for, to intentionally consider in all your actions…. -
Moving Beyond New Year’s Resolutions: A Path to Lasting Growth
The key to growth is setting goals that align with your values and committing to the work to achieve them. Build syst… -
Servant Leadership Is About Human Connection
Servant Leadership is about building genuine, meaningful connections. It’s about our role as leaders to inspire, nurt… -
AI in Higher Education Isn’t As New As You Might Think
To intelligently use AI, we must first understand how we got here. The name is more recent than the concept. Artifici… -
Is Your Goal the Summit or the Parking Lot?
I summited 48 mountains. A key insight: the goal when hiking is not to reach the summit; the goal is to return safely… -
Practicing Gratitude Is an Attitude
One of the simplest practices recommended in the MOR Leaders Program is the adoption of giving three gratitudes as a … -
How to Convey Meaningful Metrics to Leadership
Metrics are just numbers and may not mean anything. The value emerges when they are contextualized to help understand… -
True Colors and How They Show Up
If you can identify your communication style, you can more easily alter your communication to be more effective and p… -
The Importance of Leading During Times of Uncertainty
As you engage, it will be useful to empathize with the emotions people are experiencing whether we agree with their p… -
Sticky Visual and Emotional Communication
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marion Groh Marquardt, Associate Director of Web Services at Stanford University and … -
Effective Leadership Requires Thinking and Applying
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Peggy Huston, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Peggy may be reached at peggy@mora… -
Delegation and Workload Management
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Kirsten Mortimer, Strategic IT Services Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Whitew… -
Unleashing the Power of SWOT Analysis: A Strategic Tool for Success
Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Glenn Brule, MOR Associates Leadership Coach. Glenn may be reached at glenn@morassoci… -
The Importance of Leaders Answering Questions
Weeks ago, we discussed asking questions. Today, I want to focus on answering the questions that you are asked. -
Reflecting on the MOR Community
Visit the MOR Alumni webpage for the calendar of this fall’s calls, to RSVP for the MOR Reception at EDUCAUSE, and le…
Key Insights
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Successfully Integrating Services at the University
Successfully integrating administrative organizations across a university is as much about people and culture as tech… -
Addressing Change Fatigue: A Human-Centered Leadership Roadmap
Addressing change fatigue requires a more human-centered approach to leadership. Originally contributed to TrainingIn… -
Learning to Pause
Whether responding to a question, making a decision, or a difficult conversation, pausing gives us time to think, bre… -
Navigating Workforce Instability: Employing Talent Agility in Higher Education
Higher education must foster talent agility to adapt, ensuring resilience and innovation amid workforce instability. -
10 Leadership Journey Guiding Principles
As I approach 25 years at Indiana University, I reflect on my values and how I made them uniquely me. -
Five Lessons from the Flying V
I am fascinated with geese in their “Flying V” formation and how they manage to create such a flawless shape.
