Tuesday Reading

The Tuesday Reading for today “Feeling Appreciated?  Why It Can Make All The Difference” <http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/05/16/feeling-appreciated-why-it-can-make-all-the-difference/> comes from the pen of Margie Warrell, author, leadership coach, and keynote speaker.  Warrell focuses on empowering people to live and lead with greater courage.  This essay first appeared in Forbes. Worrell notes that Donald Peterson, the former chair of […]

The essay for today’s Tuesday Reading, “5 Ways To Calm ‘Feedback Fires’” <http://www.forbes.com/sites/joefolkman/2013/05/27/5-ways-to-calm-feedback-fires-what-we-can-learn-from-celebrity-meltdowns/>, first appeared in Forbes and comes from the pen of Joseph Folkman.  Folkman is a behavioral statistician who writes on evidence-based improvement.  He is also president and co-founder of Zenger Folkman, a consultancy focused on strengths based development. After commenting on several […]

Today’s Reading is “The One Conversational Tool That Will Make You Better At Absolutely Everything” <http://www.fastcompany.com/3003945/one-conversational-tool-will-make-you-better-absolutely-everything> from the pen of Shane Snow, a New York City-based technology writer and co-founder of Contently.com.  The article first appeared in Fast Company. “Most people are terrible at asking questions.”  We talk too much.  We accept bad answers.  We […]

Dewitt Latimer was CIO at Montana State University until his untimely death earlier this month in a motorcycle accident. Prior to his becoming CIO at Montana State, he was Deputy CIO at the University of Notre Dame. Among the many words of sympathy and celebration of his life that were written was today’s reading “Lessons […]

Today’s reading, “The 15 Most Important Minutes of the Work Week” <http://www.fastcompany.com/3008912/work-smart/the-15-most-important-minutes-of-the-work-week>, is from the pen of Lydia Dishman, business journalist covering innovation, entrepreneurship, and style.  She regularly writes for FastCompany, CBSMoneywatch, and the New York Times. Dishman begins her essay by asking “How often do you and your boss have a real one-on-one conversation […]

Joe Bajek, Director of Enterprise Cloud Services at the University of Colorado and an Advanced Leaders Program participant, submitted this reflection on leadership.  I would add that you should look for opportunities to help those around you.  Both you and they will benefit.   . . . jim     One Handby Joe Balek, Director […]

This “reading” is a short video presenting the idea that having courage enables you to say NO to something so that you can say YES to something that really matters.  Its author is Michael Bungay Stanier, a senior partner at Box of Crayons, a Toronto-based organization with the slogan “do less Good Work in order […]

Brian McDonald reflects on the horrific set of events that took place in Greater Boston and he points out several enduring leadership principles.   .  .  .  jim   The Boston Bombing Was Close to Homeby Brian McDonald, President, MOR Associates, Watertown, MA Marathon Monday is a wonderful tradition in Boston going back 117 years. It […]

It’s the job of the leader to keep the team “on point,” heading with a laser-like focus on getting the results the team committed to deliver to its sponsor.  This good reminder for all of us comes from Robert O’Malley, Director Electronic Research Administration, University Information Systems, University of Colorado. Is it time for you […]

Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Schaffer Consulting and author of The GE Work-Out and Simply Effective begins his essay in the HBR blog with the declaration that “Respect towards others should be standard behavior in the workplace, regardless of role, rank, or reputation.”  Sounds like a reasonable proposition, not only for work but for all of life.  Certainly, in the […]