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Among the essential skills we expect leaders to have is giving and receiving feedback. Everyone needs to know how they are doing, what they might improve, what they are particularly good at, etc. Feedback focuses on the past, and in particular on what you did recently. And, that’s important in providing guidance on how you can do it better in the future.
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The first in a series of case studies supporting our clients as they think about the process of engaging others to move ideas forward in their environment.
Enjoy! And thanks to Evan Silberman from NYU for partnering with us on this write up.
NYU-Case-Study-Building-Leadership-Community.pdf
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Last Sunday morning most of us experienced a disruptive event in our sleeping as we shifted our physical and mental clocks forward one hour to Daylight Saving Time.
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Mike Dewey is Director of Campus Services in the Office of Information Technology at Rice University. He leads groups that provide desktop computing support and help desk services. He is also interim director of the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarly Technologies group.
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Today’s Tuesday Reading, Life and Leadership are Team Sports, is an essay by Connie Buechele, Director of Information Technology, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. Connie is an alumnus of the MOR Leaders Program. Her essay first appeared as a program reflection last year.
Some of you may have read this book, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, if not I recommend it.
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In a recent coaching session, my client began by saying “I feel like I’m an impostor.” What that means is that the individual felt that any successes experienced – admission to a prestigious school, a special job, a promotion, recognition, good fortune of any kind, etc.
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Two weeks ago, the Tuesday Reading focused on Mindset – a habit of thinking that determines how we interpret and respond to situations. There we introduced the concept of “fixed” and “growth” mindsets and how a child’s mindset impacts her or his approach to learning. (Carol Dweck’s RSI ANNIMATE presentation on the subject is listed in the references below.) Toward the end of the essay, I noted that recent research also suggests that our mindset affects our work and life as adults and argued that we should seek to have m
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Today’s Tuesday Reading, Setting Priorities, is an essay by Gretchen Kopmanis, Office Manager and Mac Team Lead in a regional group of IT for the College of Literature, Science, and Arts at the University of Michigan. Gretchen is a member of the current University of Michigan MOR Leaders Program cohort. Her essay first appeared as a program reflection last November.
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mindset –– a habit or way of thinking that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations.
