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03.20.2015
As a Leader, Time for MY Work Has to Come First
I thought this would get easier as time went on, but had been feeling the opposite. When I got back from Session 1, I was jazzed. Before my flight back to CT, I wrote my boss a genuine note of thanks for the opportunity to participate in the MOR program and told her about the […]
03.18.2015
Putting it into Practice
As I reflected on what has transpired over the past several weeks, I wanted to revisit the essay that I had prepared in hopes of being selected for this wonderful leadership opportunity. Here is my original objective from that essay: “My ultimate objective is to improve the impact of my team on the customers they […]
03.16.2015
The Value of an Outside Perspective
One of the things that I have been working on since our session in February is using the three lenses – strategic, political, and cultural – to get a multidimensional perspective on changes and projects which I am leading at the School of Music, Theater, and Dance (SMTD). As I think about perspective in this […]
03.15.2015
The Challenge in Changing Behaviors
I have read the pages in our binders on Neuroscience and Leadership many times in the last few months. It comforts me to know why it’s so difficult to change my old habits. On some level I realize that making changes to behaviors will cause a certain amount of pain or unpleasant feeling. My instinct […]
10.15.2013
IT Leaders Program Alum presenting at Educause
If you the Educause 2013 event in Anaheim this week be sure to check out there great presentors/presentations: Arin Komins – University of Chicago The Goldilocks Principle and the Project Manager: Right-Sizing Project Management Methodology 8am on Thurs. David Burns – University of Texas Austin http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2013/im-one-you-and-im-here-help-lessons-learned-tbsr-external-review-process Jim Phelps – University of Wisconsin Madison Tuesday, October […]
03.27.2007
The Promise of Technology-Enabled Education
In a recent issue of Engineering Our World, the electronic newsletter of MIT’s School of Engineering, Thomas L. Magnanti, Dean of Engineering at MIT wrote about the difference that technology makes in education. In The Promise of Technology-Enabled Education — which you will find at <http://mit.edu/engineering/enews/vol4no1-feature.html> — he discusses a recent symposium held at MIT entitled […]