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Tuesday Reading

05.06.2025

From Railways to Three Lenses: Embracing Change in Leadership

I faced significant pushback from others when making changes. This confounded me until we studied Van Maanen’s three lenses on organizational change.
04.29.2025

Leadership Priorities Means Separating the Immediate From the Important

What do leaders need to do to balance the Important versus the Immediate? If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority.
04.22.2025

This Is The Work of Leadership

Transitioning from technical work to leadership involves coaching managers and aligning on context, philosophy, and goals.
04.15.2025

Stop Giving Advice and Start Asking the Right Coaching Questions

Michael Bungay Stanier’s book, The Coaching Habit, offers a simple yet powerful framework to transform how leaders coach by asking better questions.
04.08.2025

Challenge Assumptions to Create Smarter Strategy

Our teams want to innovate and improve our institutions. Our leadership responsibility is focusing on measurable, beneficial outcomes.
04.01.2025

Prioritizing Self-Care Is Not Selfish

As the self-care trend emerged over the past few decades, I was too busy to pay much attention. My mindset has slowly evolved.
03.25.2025

10 Leadership Journey Guiding Principles

As I approach 25 years at Indiana University, I reflect on my values and how I made them uniquely me.
03.18.2025

Is Your Emotional Intelligence a Leadership Superpower or Kryptonite?

Emotional Intelligence wasn’t always a concept I grasped fully. I hadn’t realized my emotions communicated even when my words didn’t.
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

The Challenge and Opportunity of Embracing Leadership 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 the Importance of Leadership Delegation Skills

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

Why Leaders Need to 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.
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12.17.2024

Servant Leadership Is About Human Connection

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

AI in Higher Education Isn’t As New As You Might Think

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.