Relationships

05.09.2023

I Believe in You

These transformational words are common in leadership journeys. Often, it’s parents who believed. It could also be a colleague or a friend, like you.
MOR Creates Ripple Effects in One’s Life…
12.20.2022

MOR Creates Ripple Effects in One’s Life…

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marcia Dority Baker, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates.  Marcia may be reached at marcia@morassociates.com or via LinkedIn. Editorial Note: This is the last Tuesday Reading of 2022.  The next Tuesday Reading will be in January. ]     “You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples […]
Life Is a Series of Moments and Memories
11.22.2022

Life Is a Series of Moments and Memories, Make the Most of These Openings

Being fully present provides the opportunity for us to be intentional in sending messages of sincere interest and make meaningful connections.
Leadership Pilgrimage
08.16.2022

Leadership Pilgrimage

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Bill Wrobleski. Bill is currently on a trail somewhere in rural France. Need to find him? Check billonthecamino.com or email him at billw@umich.edu.]   Tomorrow, I head out on a 1,000-mile pilgrimage across France and Spain. For over seventy-days, I’ll be walking the Camino de Santiago, a series of well-worn trails […]
Getting the most out of 1:1s
07.26.2022

Getting the most out of 1:1s

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Molly Sharp, Service Management Programs Director at Stanford University. It is a reflection on what she is learning as a current MOR program participant.  Molly may be reached at mmsharp@stanford.edu.]   Over the months since I began the MOR program, I’ve been evolving my thinking about the purpose of the […]
Leading Through Lifting
07.05.2022

Leading Through Lifting

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Mark Askren, MOR Associates Leadership Coach, and former Vice President for IT at the University of Nebraska. Mark may be reached at mark@morassociates.com.]   As leaders, we’re always on stage. Our staff, colleagues, campus stakeholders, clients, and the people we report to are paying attention to our work behaviors. What we […]
Building Leadership Communities
06.28.2022

Building Leadership Communities

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates.  Brian may be reached at brian@morassociates.com.]   Just imagine if all the people who have been through a MOR leadership experience within your university could form a cohesive community of change agents who collaborate to propel the initiatives needed to make transformational progress versus incremental. […]
Four Program Reflections
05.17.2022

Four Program Reflections

This week we’re going to do something different and start with the results of last week’s survey.   From Last Week  Last week, we asked: Which of these practices is most important to you? 41% said building relationships 27% said weekly planning 19% said owning your calendar / defensive calendaring 13% said delegating whenever possible […]
When is feedback a gift?
04.26.2022

When is feedback a gift?

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Vijay Menta, CIO of Middlebury College.  Vijay may be reached at vmenta@middlebury.edu.]   MOR has taught many important leadership lessons that are often repeated by many of us and sometimes used as a mantra in our everyday conversation.  One that is often repeated: feedback is a gift.   While I firmly […]
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 Administration in Research Computing, Princeton University.  She is a MOR alum.  Beth may be reached at eparham@princeton.edu.]   I have a tendency to over commit. Not only am I a people-pleaser, but I also get great satisfaction contributing […]

 

 

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