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Tuesday Reading

  • 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.
  • 09.17.2024

    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…
  • 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…
  • 09.03.2024

    Do Less, With MOR

    Work on the right things, use my time to think strategically, and do less of what’s comfortable and more of what’s ne…
  • 08.27.2024

    Strategic Leadership with Curiosity and Excitement

    With my operations manager retiring, I focused on strategic change and reimagining the operations team for emerging t…
  • 08.20.2024

    Asking Questions

    Asking good questions helps you be a better leader: Be curious, be open-minded, be engaged, and dig deeper.
  • 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…
  • 08.06.2024

    The Olympics: What Does It Take to Be the Best in the World?

    What is required to be on a stage competing against the best in the world? What’s the correlation with how you work t…
  • 07.30.2024

    Performing on the World Stage – Inspiration from the Paris Olympics

    I am watching this year’s Paris Olympics for both athleticism and with a leadership development lens. I am looking fo…

Emotional Intelligence

  • 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…
  • 01.25.2022

    Listening and Hearing What Isn’t Said

    [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Ron Kraemer.  He is currently retired.  Ron previously was Vice President for Inform…

Leadership Reflections

  • 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…
  • 11.28.2023

    10 Years of MOR: What Are You Still Serving?

    I have been a MOR graduate for ten years! My cohort created a menu. I started reflecting on what I still serve off th…
  • 11.07.2023

    Finding Balance, Sustaining Progress

    I am grateful for how my cohort and coaches have helped me to look inward, an honest look at myself and my mindset. I…

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…