Leadership Reflection

12.07.2021
On Mentoring
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Susan Foster, IT Business Manager at Bowdoin College. She is a current MOR program participant. Susan may be reached at shfoster@bowdoin.edu.] In reflecting about coaching and mentoring recently, I walked through my career experience recollecting which experience was momentous. Was there one that made me realize I was in a […]

11.23.2021
Don’t be a Stranger to Yourself
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Ron Kraemer. He is currently retired. Ron previously was Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at the University of Notre Dame. Ron may be reached at rkraemer@nd.edu.] A few months ago, I was doing some research concerning distinction in leadership. I scoured dozens of leadership websites, read a […]

11.16.2021
Beware the Sabertooth Project
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Eva Dale, Web Services Director for the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University. She is a BTAA MOR alum. Eva may be reached at dale.36@osu.edu.] We human beings are funny creatures. In prehistoric days, if there was a scary shadow in the distance then it […]

06.15.2021
Leadership and Decision Making
Leadership and Decision Making [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Amanda Sarratore, Manager of Academic IT Services at the University of Notre Dame. She is a MOR alum. Amanda may be reached at asarratore@nd.edu.] As the pandemic hit, staff stepped up to embrace change in a radical way, and more than a year later, many […]

06.01.2021
Hybrid Meetings: 8 Steps to Success
Hybrid Meetings: 8 Steps to Success [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Rachel Napoli, Chief of Staff in the Office of the CIO at the University of Iowa. She is a MOR alum. Rachel may be reached at rachel-napoli@uiowa.edu.] Our future workforce will be a mix of co-located and remote workers. If meetings are hybrid, […]

04.20.2021
We Can Do Hard Things
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Beth Holtz, Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives and Administration in Research Computing, Princeton University. She is a MOR alum. Beth may be reached at eparham@princeton.edu.] We can do hard things. I must say this about 20 times a day, both in my head and out loud. I say it […]

02.16.2021
3 Personal Insights from the MOR Leadership Program
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Garrett King, Director of Identity & Access Management at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a MOR alum. Garrett may be reached at garrettk@cmu.edu.] Looking back over my MOR experience, I wanted to share a few moments of insight (lightbulb moments) that I had over the course of the MOR […]

12.15.2020
Lessons from COVID-19 crisis, a reflection
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Keli Amann, User Experience Specialist, Office of the Vice Provost for Technology & Learning, Stanford University. She is a recent MOR program alum. Keli may be reached at kamann@stanford.edu.] Editorial note: The original version of this essay was written in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis. As we begin […]

10.20.2020
Alumni Reflections on leading change in changing times
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is by Dr. David Sweetman, MOR Associates Leadership Coach and Consultant. David may be reached at david@morassociates.com.] I hope you are finding ways to enjoy the natural beauty of our autumn season. With all that is going on in the world today, it can sometimes be hard for us to pause […]

10.19.2020
Know Thyself: The Fourth Way
[This reading is from Robert Douglas, DevOps Engineer at the Cornell University Library. He is an alum of the MOR Cornell IT Leaders Program. Robbie may be reached at rld244@cornell.edu.][Editorial Note: an earlier version of this reflection was written as a program reflection at the beginning of 2020, pre-COVID. However, still a timely and relevant […]

10.13.2020
Lessons from My Leadership Journey: Better Late Than Never, Practices I Wish I’d Adopted Sooner
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Bill Hogue, MOR Associates Leadership Coach, Former CIO at University of South Carolina. Bill may be reached at bill@morassociates.com.] I’ve said more than once that I’d have been a better CIO if I had participated in a MOR leadership program along the way. I’ve had plenty of experience in […]

09.22.2020
Lessons from My Leadership Journey: John Gohsman
Today we introduce a new Tuesday Reading series “Lessons from My Leadership Journey.” This occasional series will highlight exemplary senior leaders. MOR Associates invited John Gohsman to be the inaugural leader featured in this series. John Gohsman recently announced he would be stepping down as CIO at Notre Dame due to some on-going health challenges. […]

09.15.2020
Purpose and Connection in the Pandemic
Purpose and Connection in the Pandemic [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Latha Nagarajan, Salesforce Business Partner, Stanford University. She is a recent MOR program alum. Latha may be reached at latha12@stanford.edu.] Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. – Paul Coelho In the great fiction classic, The Alchemist, author Paulo […]

05.12.2020
Of Leadership, iPads, and Community
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jim Dezieck, MOR Associates Leadership Coach and Henry Gabriel, Associate Director of Finance, University Information Technology Services at Indiana University. They may be reached at jimdezieck@morassociates.com or hgabriel@iu.edu.] The photograph above answers the question: ‘how do we measure value?’ The joyful smile of a newly celebrated centenarian connecting from her nursing home room […]

03.24.2020
Relationships: Physically distancing, socially connecting
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Sean McDonald, Vice-President of MOR Associates. Sean may be reached at sean@morassociates.com.] Last week when we wrote about leadership during this time we also asked you to share your most pressing leadership challenges. We appreciate the many responses we got and will be using these inputs to influence near term Tuesday […]

01.28.2020
What's Next
What’s Next? [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jim Bruce, Senior Fellow and Executive Coach at MOR Associates. He previously was Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Vice President for Information Systems and CIO at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.] Thank you, Brian for your kind words in last week’s Tuesday Reading.1 I remember […]

12.17.2019
Re …
Today’s Tuesday Reading is an essay by Matthew E. Mooney, Assistant Dean for Teaching, Learning and Technology the at Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business. His essay first appeared as a leaders program reflection last fall. [Matt may be reached at <mem64@psu.edu>.] I’ve so appreciated previous reflections. It’s comforting to see that while we are […]

10.22.2019
Changing Culture, Growing Leaders
Today’s Tuesday Reading is an essay by Monika R. Dressler. Director of Academic Technologies, in the LSA Technology Services group at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She is an alumnus of the MOR Leaders Program. Her essay first appeared as a program reflection earlier this year. [Monika may be reached at […]

09.17.2019
Help You, Help Me
Today’s Tuesday Reading is an essay by Dave Acheson, Network Operations, Information Systems and Technology, Chapman University. His essay first appeared as a leaders program reflection earlier this year. [Dave may be reached at <dacheson@chapman.edu>.] Since my MOR Associates Leaders Program came to an end, I have struggled to continue the strides I felt […]