The Importance of Calendaring Habits for Leaders
Being intentional about calendaring habits, including defensive calendaring, helps leaders be more effective and avoid reactive mode.
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From Know-It-All Expert to Learn-MOR Leader
Ditch trying to be the know-it-all, let AI clear the fluff, spark curiosity, and lead while learning out loud
Learning to Pause as a Leader
I’ve started pausing more often – not out of hesitation, but because I’m becoming more aware of my patterns, my impact, and my growth as a leader.
Do MOR, not necessarily more
I’ve learned that when I commit to doing MOR, I don’t have to do more. The tools and habits are part of the empowerment journey.
Calm in the Storm: Five Practices for Leading Through Disruptive Change
Leading during turbulent times requires supporting your people and leading with strategic focus. Here are five strategies to help.
Leadership Priorities Means Separating the Immediate From the Important
What do leaders need to do to balance the Important versus the Immediate? If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority.
There’s Great Power in Developing a Leadership Community
What transforms a group unfamiliar with each other into an inclusive, close-knit cohort that genuinely wants to help one another grow?
There’s Great Power Behind Stackable Leadership Habits
One of my favorite times is the first few days of January; there is hope for a new year, with lots of potential.
10 Years of MOR: What Are You Still Serving?
I have been a MOR graduate for ten years! My cohort created a menu. I started reflecting on what I still serve off that menu ten years later.
The Edge of a Comfort Zone
It is often the input and encouragement of others that help us nudge or sustain a move out of our comfort zones.
Finding Balance as a Leader and Sustaining Progress
I am grateful for how my cohort and coaches have helped me to look inward, an honest look at myself and my mindset. It has been transformative.
Meditations on Improving My Weekly Planning as a Leader
I used to dread Mondays – a chaotic chorus of demands from every direction. After our first workshop, I decided to start a weekly planning practice.
Use Intention to Drive Ongoing Professional Development
I reflected on my graduation from the MOR program and wondered how to keep that energy going? What are some specific things you can start doing today.
MOR Creates Ripple Effects in One’s Life…
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marcia Dority Baker, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Marcia may be reached at [email protected] or via LinkedIn. Editorial Note: This is the last Tuesday Reading of 2022. The next Tuesday Reading will be in January. ] “You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples […]
Back to Basics
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Susan Washburn, Program Leader and Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Susan may be reached at [email protected].] Recently, I pushed the rewind button on my Leadership Journey. Looking back at the lessons we have learned is one of the most powerful activities in the MOR Leaders Program. My journey is […]
The Best Leadership Practices: Consistency Beats Intensity
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Marcia Dority, Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Marcia may be reached at [email protected].] “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.” Marie Forleo Have you noticed where we are in the calendar? It’s almost halfway through the year, and on the cusp of […]
My monthly strategic planning meetings with… me
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jesse Voigt, Associate Director of Infrastructure, Macalester College. He is a current MOR program participant. Jesse may be reached at [email protected].] The Problem One of the most frequent frustrations I hear from leaders is that they struggle with balancing their lead/manage/do ratio. We fall into the trap of […]
Four Program Reflections
This week we’re going to do something different and start with the results of last week’s survey. From Last Week Last week, we asked: Which of these practices is most important to you? 41% said building relationships 27% said weekly planning 19% said owning your calendar / defensive calendaring 13% said delegating whenever possible […]
What Do You Practice as a Leader?
What do you practice as a leader? 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 Ericsson has been able to systematically demonstrate that people who climb to the top of just about any field eclipse […]
5As – Our presence matters when virtual
5As – Our presence matters when virtual [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Justin Sipher, Program Leader, Leadership Coach and Consultant at MOR Associates. Justin may be reached at [email protected].] Many of us have just passed the one-year anniversary of when we transitioned from working in and around our colleagues and the community we […]