Tuesday Reading

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 [email protected].]   As the pandemic hit, staff stepped up to embrace change in a radical way, and more than a year later, many […]

[Today’s author, Jim Bruce, is a 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.]   Every time I hear the words “be nice,” I think of my mother. She would frequently use […]

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 [email protected].]   Our future workforce will be a mix of co-located and remote workers. If meetings are hybrid, […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates.  Brian may be reached at [email protected].] Last week’s Tuesday Reading discussed what trends influencing the future of work may mean for universities and healthcare systems.  As we gradually recover from the pandemic, employees are reflecting on their ability to work from home productively and […]

[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 […]

Need help? Just ask. [Today’s author, Jim Bruce, is a 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. Jim may be contacted at [email protected].]   Everyone needs help from time to time. […]

[Today’s Tuesday Reading is by Kathy Pletcher, MOR Associates Leadership Coach.  Kathy may be reached at [email protected]]   The inauguration of Kamala Harris to the office of Vice President was a breakthrough for women, especially women of color and daughters of immigrants.  She is the first woman, first black woman and first southeast Asian women […]

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 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].]   We can do hard things.  I must say this about 20 times a day, both in my head and out loud.  I say it […]

[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 […]