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  • Photograph by Dustin Hilt: Hiker en route to Mount Lincoln in January 2024
    12.03.2024

    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…
  • traditional thanksgiving table large feast with many dishes
    11.26.2024

    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 …
  • Firefly abstract image of many people measuring and planning 96920
    11.19.2024

    Capturing Metrics With Meaning

    Metrics are just numbers and may not mean anything. The value emerges when they are contextualized to help understand…
  • 11.12.2024

    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…
  • Image created by AI via Adobe Firefly with the prompt: calm peaceful fall scenery
    11.05.2024

    Leading During Times of Uncertainty and Heightened Tension

    As you engage, it will be useful to empathize with the emotions people are experiencing whether we agree with their p…
  • pair of three feet deep ruts on a dirt road in autumn
    10.29.2024

    Sticky Visual and Emotional Communication

    Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marion Groh Marquardt, Associate Director of Web Services at Stanford University and …
  • 10.22.2024

    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…
  • 10.08.2024

    Delegation and Workload Management

    Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Kirsten Mortimer, Strategic IT Services Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Whitew…
  • 10.01.2024

    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…
  • 09.24.2024

    Answering Questions

    Weeks ago, we discussed asking questions. Today, I want to focus on answering the questions that you are asked.

Emotional Intelligence

  • 11.12.2024

    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…
  • 03.12.2024

    Appreciation in the Face of Anticipation

    Anticipation keeps us moving forward. It enables us to apply what we’ve learned. But there’s a trap: Over-anticipatio…
  • 04.25.2023

    I Grieve and I Appreciate

    My father recently passed away after struggling with Parkinson’s & COPD. As I was on this journey, I realized the imp…
  • Six Steps Toward Resilient Leadership
    01.24.2023

    Six Steps Toward Resilient Leadership

    Feeling burned out as the leader? Resilience is the capacity to meet adversity, setbacks and trauma, and recover to l…
  • A way to improve workplace stress
    10.04.2022

    A way to improve workplace stress

    Gratitude makes us feel good on both the sending and receiving side. However, it goes further: expressing gratitude a…
  • Developing Resilience
    07.12.2022

    Developing Resilience

    Resilience provides confidence to step up and lead. Resilient leaders are able to overcome setbacks and help others o…
  • Back to Basics
    06.21.2022

    Back to Basics

    [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Susan Washburn, Program Leader and Leadership Coach at MOR Associates.  Susan may be…
  • What Would Donna Do?
    04.19.2022

    What Would Donna Do?

    What Would Donna Do?  [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Beth Holtz, Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives and Admin…
  • Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
    03.29.2022

    Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

    [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brandon Bernier, Vice President IT and CIO, Colorado State University. He is a MOR p…
  • Lead with emotion but don’t let emotion lead you
    03.22.2022

    Lead with emotion but don’t let emotion lead you

    [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Lori Green, Program Leader and Leadership Coach at MOR Associates.  Lori may be reac…

Leadership Reflections

  • pair of three feet deep ruts on a dirt road in autumn
    10.29.2024

    Sticky Visual and Emotional Communication

    Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marion Groh Marquardt, Associate Director of Web Services at Stanford University and …
  • 10.15.2024

    A Reflection on Leading

    I’ve had the opportunity to cross paths with thousands of leaders and learn from their journeys. Together, we’ve expl…
  • 09.10.2024

    From Missed Boats to Big Wins: How I Learned to Show Up

    I can’t pinpoint when things started to change. It wasn’t some big, life-altering event but a series of small choices…
  • 08.13.2024

    Athletics and Leadership

    When you are good at a team sport, you might become team captain. After much trial and error, I learned things I want…
  • 07.16.2024

    The Guitar and Learning New Things

    Learning new things, whether fun or professional, comes with stress. Here are some lessons that have helped me naviga…
  • 07.09.2024

    The Power of Summer Vacations

    Resilience is an essential quality for leadership. What better way to nurture personal well-being than through a summ…
  • 07.02.2024

    Leading From Who You Are

    As I ponder the essence of leadership, one word resonates deeply: values. The internal compass, the True North, that …
  • 05.28.2024

    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.
  • 02.06.2024

    Developing a Leadership Community

    What transforms a group unfamiliar with each other into an inclusive, close-knit cohort that genuinely wants to help …
  • 01.23.2024

    Leadership – The Awakening Seed of Transformation

    Let me tell you a story. As a young person and well into my teens, I was severely introverted. I was afraid of my own…

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

  • The Power of Community
    11.01.2022

    The Power of Community

    A safe and caring community is one that has a connection through trust, vulnerability, and a genuine desire to care f…
  • Losing Talent - What Can We Do?
    03.01.2022

    Losing Talent – What Can We Do?

    Creating a highly engaged workforce is one way to counter the potential loss of people. Here are five strategies to …
  • 02.08.2022

    The Next Leaders

    Where will the next leaders come from? Think about the talent around us and how we might think differently in answeri…
  • 09.28.2021

    The Poetry of Practice

    Thinking of a poet’s dedication to their practice reminds me of what it takes to form a habit and change neurological…
  • 06.22.2021

    Commencement Speeches 2021

    [Jim Bruce, today’s author, is a Senior Fellow and Executive Coach at MOR Associates. He previously was Professor of …
  • 05.25.2021

    Implications of the Hybrid Scenario

    [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates.  Brian may be reached at brian@morassoc…
  • 05.18.2021

    What’s Next? Hybrid? Remote? Everyone Back?

    [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates.  Brian may be reached at brian@morassoc…
  • 04.27.2021

    Demographics Are Destiny (Maybe?)

    Demographics Are Destiny (Maybe?) [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jack Wolfe and David Sweetman of MOR Associates. T…