Tuesday Reading
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 [email protected].] I have a tendency to over commit. Not only am I a people-pleaser, but I also get great satisfaction contributing […]
Results, it is what we are paid to deliver
[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 […]
Being truly present is the best present a leader can give
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Justin Sipher, Program Leader, Leadership Coach and Consultant at MOR Associates. Justin may be reached at [email protected].] Our lives, modern technology, pervasive connectivity, and even our culture lead us towards attempting to perpetually multi-task. I have certainly been guilty of this personally and professionally. However, we are not always […]
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
[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 […]
Lead with emotion but don’t let emotion lead you
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Lori Green, Program Leader and Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Lori may be reached at [email protected].] I have asked many leadership cohorts what they thought made their boss a good boss. The usual responses are, “they listened to me,” “they cared about my development,” “they trusted me,” “they understood when […]
Your Employees Are In Charge – What Do You Do?
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is by Jack Wolfe, MOR Associates Executive Coach and Senior Consultant. Jack may be reached at [email protected].] Today’s employees can leave their job with you and be reemployed in a heartbeat – there has been a major shift in the employer/employee power structure in the last year, and it’s NOT to […]
When You’re in the Soup, You Can’t See the Pot
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Mike Sullivan with contributions from Lori Green. They are Program Leaders and Leadership Coaches with MOR Associates. They may be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].] We’ve got two questions we want you to reflect on for a minute: How are you doing at taking care of business? How are you doing at taking care […]
Losing Talent – What Can We Do?
Creating a highly engaged workforce is one way to counter the potential loss of people. Here are five strategies to enhance employee engagement.
It's Time For Purposeful Leadership
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Laura Patterson, Leadership Coach and Consultant at MOR Associates. She previously was CIO at the University of Michigan. Laura may be reached at [email protected].] More than 19 million workers have left the workplace since April 2021, a record pace disrupting business everywhere. Forty percent of employees said they are at […]
The End User My Team Feared
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is by Dr. David Sweetman, Executive Director, Infrastructure and Technology, at Michigan State University. David is a MOR alum and consultant. David may be reached at [email protected].] It was my first full-time job out of college. I worked as a systems administrator. I enjoyed my job and adored working with my new […]