Strategy

Work on the right things, use my time to think strategically, and do less of what’s comfortable and more of what’s needed. Focus on impact.

With my operations manager retiring, I focused on strategic change and reimagining the operations team for emerging technology trends.

I hope you love numbers as much as I do. Let me offer some, to understand Higher Education’s future enrollment and revenue streams and their impact.

Most of my career, I had no principles.

In 2018, I got some, and it changed everything.

Let me explain.

With unemployment low, turnover high, and job openings plentiful, what should we be doing to ensure that we have, and keep, the people we need for both operational and strategic activities?

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Tim Slottow, MOR Associates Leadership Coach.  Tim may be reached at [email protected].]   A better title for this Tuesday Reading might be, “Practice What We Preach +1+1+1”.    I’m one of the newest members to the MOR Associates family and I just returned from my first annual 3 day Strategic Offsite […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Sue Workman, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates.  Sue may be reached at [email protected].] It’s Back to School! This time of year always has excitement in the air, a feeling that a fresh adventure is about to begin. The campus is buzzing with new faces, parents leaving their beloved children – […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jack Wolfe and Jim Dezieck of MOR Associates. They may be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].]  If you understand the vision, and are truly committed to executing it, you’ll make it happen! – from a special boss of Jack’s, long ago and far away, as you will see.  Last week […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jim Dezieck and Jack Wolfe of MOR Associates. They may be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].]  STRATEGY AND ITS IMPORTANCE   This year showcased both the huge value that our higher ed IT brings to academia and the world class performance of which our IT teams are capable. The crisis […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jesse Voigt, Associate Director of Infrastructure, Macalester College. He is a current MOR program participant.  Jesse may be reached at [email protected].]  The Problem   One of the most frequent frustrations I hear from leaders is that they struggle with balancing their lead/manage/do ratio.   We fall into the trap of […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Sean McDonald, Vice-President of MOR Associates. Sean may be reached at [email protected].]  “Is responsive to urgent requests.”   If you have taken a 360 Leadership Assessment with MOR, it is likely the statement above was your highest score. As a leadership coach, seeing this as your highest score gives reason […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brandon Bernier, Vice President IT and CIO, Colorado State University. He is a MOR program alum.  Brandon may be reached at [email protected].] Several years ago, I worked for a leader who always seemed to have the right advice at the right time.  Once, when I was struggling with a large […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Peggy Huston, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates.  Peggy may be reached at [email protected].]   Are you busy?  I’m busy.  It seems like many of us are busy.  It seems that we are so busy at times that we don’t have time to plan where we are going, but we sure are […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jaci Lindburg, PhD, Associate Vice President for Digital Education and IT Strategy, University of Nebraska. She is a recent MOR program alum.  Jaci may be reached at [email protected].] At the University of Nebraska IT, one of our organization’s five strategic goals is alignment to what matters most in service to […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates.  Brian may be reached at [email protected].]   As the virus is subsiding and employers across the United States look ahead to the recovery, what will the future of work look like? Will everyone return to work this fall? Will some people continue to work […]

Demographics Are Destiny (Maybe?) [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jack Wolfe and David Sweetman of MOR Associates. They may be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].] The number of high school graduates, post 2025, will drop substantially, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest.  Higher Education is likely to look quite different in a decade or so.  […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Sean McDonald, Vice-President of MOR Associates and David Sweetman, MOR Associates Leadership Coach and Consultant. They may be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].]   We recently had a number of MOR program graduations.  Graduations are a wonderful time in celebrating the accomplishments of our program participants, as well as looking […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Bill Hogue, MOR Associates Leadership Coach, Former CIO at University of South Carolina. Bill may be reached at [email protected].]   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 […]

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. […]

Leadership Is Contextual [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates.  Brian may be reached at [email protected].] Have you ever been to a country where you needed to drive on the left side of the road?  How many times did your brain overrule your intention and steer you back to the familiar pattern […]