| www.ncaa.org | As Division II prepares for a midterm assessment of its six-year strategic plan, the results of a new membership census will serve as a compass guiding the division’s future objectives and initiatives. And in large part, the division’s leaders received affirmation that they’re headed in the right direction, with respondents to the […]
How to Build (and Re-build) Trust
Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it’s broken? In an eye-opening talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it — something she worked on during a recent stint at Uber. “If we can […]
Networking Is Important For Your Career. Do You Know How To Do It?
| By Bonnie Marcus, www.forbes.com | We’ve all heard the advice that networking is important for our careers. And regardless of your profession, your industry or demographic, the message is loud and clear. If you want to be successful, you need to spend time networking. It’s great advice. But the critical missing piece to this advice is […]
6 Strategies for Projecting Personal Authenticity in Leadership
| By Martin Zwilling, www.inc.com | Every business owner and startup founder knows they are expected to lead the charge in starting and growing their business. In my experience as a business advisor and mentor, I find that most believe they are doing a convincing job, but in many cases, their key team members are not so sure. In reality, leadership is a […]
The Power of Leaders Who Focus on Solving Problems
| By Hal Gregersen, Deborah Ancona, hbr.org | In front of a packed room of MIT students and alumni, Vivienne Ming is holding forth in a style all her own. “Embrace cyborgs,” she calls out, as she clicks to a slide that raises eyebrows even in this tech-smitten crowd. “Really. Fifteen to 25 years from now, cognitive neuroprosthetics […]
The Journey to Servant Leadership
| By Michael Mckinney, www.leadershipnow.com | TT’S NOT ABOUT YOU. That’s where servant leadership begins. Success is based on your influence in the marketplace and those you help. Or rather, it is significance over success. This is a very different mindset from a power-leadership model. And it takes time because we are predisposed to lead from a power […]
Why I’m Stubbornly Optimistic About the Future of Small Colleges
| By Joshua Kim, www.insidehighered.com | Last week we learned that yet another small college, Oregon’s Marylhurst University, is closing. Higher ed publications are full of stories with depressing titles such as Days of Reckoning and The Culling of Higher Ed Begins. Moody’s Investor Services warns that small nonprofit closures are set to double or triple in the years ahead. The disciples of disruptive innovation […]
Abby Wambach’s Advice For Women
| By Stephanie Denning, www.forbes.com | If you’re in the business of being a woman, you know that being a woman in business is not straightforward. To navigate that path, a natural starting point is to turn to other women in business. But the higher up you go, the fewer role models you find. Until one day […]