| By Marissa Levin, www.inc.com | Every organization wants to maximize revenue generation and constantly develop new ways to impact their specific market. They can’t do it without employees and leaders that are coachable: open to learning, feedback, reflection, and accountability. If you’ve wondered how coaching can help you, here are 4 ways it can set you up […]
PoA113 | Kiki Jacobs, Roger Williams University
In this episode Kiki Jacobs talks about her journey from swimming student-athlete to coach to administrator and knowing when the time was right for her to pursue her first athletics director position. She also shares information on RWU’s unique, varsity polo (the kind with horses) program. Roger Williams University named Kristin “Kiki” Jacobs as Director […]
How Do We Improve Sexual Harassment Training?
| www.psychologytoday.com | Sexual harassment training has been ubiquitous for many years, in spite of being ineffective. A scientifically grounded alternative could actually help change hostile work climates and reduce the frequency of harassing behaviors. At least a quarter of all working women – and up to 60% in male-dominated fields – report having been harassed. The existing […]
Here’s How Leaders Can Stop Sexual Harassment At Work Right Now
| By Sylvia Lafair | www.inc.com | Adult relationships take work, lots of work. So,you have every right to raise an eyebrow in disbelief when I say stopping harassment is simple. Stay with me. It’s about NO MORE JUBLA. (More on JUBLA later) Let me explain. Actually, let me let JAY Z explain. In a recent New York […]
Higher Ed Differentiation and ‘The Power of Moments’
| By Joshua Kim | www.insidehighered.com | At the beginning of each academic year our president hosts a College wide community cookout. Hamburgers and hot dogs are grilled. Music is played. Students, faculty, and staff get to hang out in a relaxed atmosphere – eating and chatting with each other. There is a cost to serving everyone […]
Leadership: What Not To Do
| By Susanne Biro | www.forbes.com | In my career, I have learned more about exceptional leadership by being on the receiving end of its opposite. Here are three fundamental things I have learned never do to others, simply because I know first-hand how damaging they can be. 1. Don’t lie. This includes blatant lies, half-truths and errors […]
A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
TED.com Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
Why the Most Successful Leaders Rely on Executive Coaches
| By Amy Vetter | www.inc.com | Behind every great athlete there is an even greater coach. There isn’t a top athlete–from Muhammad Ali to Tiger Woods to Serena Williams–who did not need a mentor to help them reach the top of their profession. If you think about it, your business is similar to that of an elite athlete. You […]