Tuesday Reading
What Do You Practice?
What Do You Practice? [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brian McDonald, President of MOR Associates. Brian may be reached at [email protected].] What do you practice? For what you practice you will get good at. After devoting his academic life to learning why some individuals are better at certain tasks than others, K. Anders […]
I Am Talking To You
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Steve Martino, Customer Success Manager at Cohesity. He is a MOR alum. Steve may be reached at [email protected].] There were messages early in my life that held me back from reaching my potential personally and in my career. From my mom: “Why are you stressing yourself out […]
When is feedback a gift?
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Vijay Menta, CIO of Middlebury College. Vijay may be reached at [email protected].] MOR has taught many important leadership lessons that are often repeated by many of us and sometimes used as a mantra in our everyday conversation. One that is often repeated: feedback is a gift. While I firmly […]
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 […]