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03.11.2025

Got Uncertainty? How will you respond?

Pause, Process, Plan, and People. As you navigate through uncertainty toward trust; trust in self, an intentional path, and the people around you.
03.04.2025

Embracing Discomfort

Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Ranna Farzan, Associate Director, Technology Strategy and Planning, Harvard University Information Technology and a MOR program participant.  Ranna may be reached at [email protected] or via LinkedIn. Last month, right around my first MOR workshop, I also started reading Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential as part of a book club with other […]
02.25.2025

Insights on Delegation

One of my biggest opportunities for growth is more effective delegation. Delegation is never one-size-fits-all.
02.18.2025

Becoming More Present

I don’t know about you, but I still reflect on what I learned during my MOR workshops. A theme that was a cornerstone of our MOR experience: Presence.
02.11.2025

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 ineffective manager and leader.
02.04.2025

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 have the best impact on the game.
01.28.2025

Treat People As Adults

I’ll share something my grandpa told me when I was in high school: treat people as adults.
01.21.2025

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.
01.14.2025

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. A word you hope to live up to.
01.07.2025

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 systems to support your progress.
five diverse people in a business meeting authentically interested in collaborating together
12.17.2024

Servant Leadership

Servant Leadership is about building genuine, meaningful connections. It’s about our role as leaders to inspire, nurture, and empower.
12.10.2024

AI is here, and in higher education

To intelligently use AI, we must first understand how we got here. The name is more recent than the concept. Artificial intelligence is quite old.
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 to the parking lot.
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 daily routine.
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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 what they represent.
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 perhaps improve that relationship.
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 perspective or not.
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 a MOR program alum.  Marion may be reached at [email protected] or via LinkedIn. You know how it is sometimes: we’re so focused on what we want to communicate that we overlook the crucial visual and emotional threads that […]
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 [email protected] or via LinkedIn. I like to think about many things and want to be challenged to think in ways I had not considered before.  Wandering into unknown territory of thought feels like an adventure for me.  It’s […]
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 explored what it means to lead.