| By Nicholas Piotrowicz, www.toledoblade.com | CHICAGO — As the NCAA’s current model continues to face litigation under anti-trust laws, a proposed long-term solution is to treat college athletes akin to their Olympic counterparts. But until the next domino falls in a California courtroom, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany called any major changes “premature.” Former Clemson football […]
3 Timeless Productivity Lessons From Benjamin Franklin
| By Bryan Collins, www.forbes.com | Author. Printer. Politician. Scientist. Postmaster. Founding father. As one of the leading thinkers and public figures of the eighteenth century, Benjamin Franklin knew a thing or two about getting things done—and playing the whistle (more on that later). He demonstrated a tremendous stability to balance competing projects, interests and jobs. So […]
How to Sell the Value of the Liberal Arts
| By Eric Kelderman, www.chronicle.com | Carmen T. Ambar, president of Oberlin College, says institutions like hers need to explain to students and their families that a liberal-arts education is still worth the price.
Why Aren’t We More Compassionate?
| TEDTalks | Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence,” asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.
Forgiveness As A Key Leadership Attribute
| By Manpreet Dhillon, www.forbes.com | Leadership requires a great deal of compassion. When you’re in a leadership role, you’re forced to look at others in a critical light, especially when you’re managing groups of people. You’re evaluating other people’s performance, contributions to team efforts, etc. When managers and leaders are working with team members, it’s important […]
How To Lead Differently
| Sally Percy, Forbes.com | We live in times that are different from all those that have gone before us. So it’s hardly surprising that these times require a different kind of leader. This kind of leader is agile, collaborative, inclusive and mentally tough. This kind of leader understands the need for continuous improvement, at both […]
How To Hire For Cultural Fit (& Not Just A Gut Feeling)
| By William Vanderbloemen, www.forbes.com | My friend Jim may be the single worst person at firing staff that I have ever met. Jim is fairly difficult to work for. He makes quirky decisions on the fly, changes his mind frequently, and changes people’s job descriptions without notice. Believe it or not, his turnover is pretty high. […]
Turning Purpose Into Performance
| hbr.org | Gerry Anderson, the CEO of DTE Energy, and Robert Quinn and Anjan Thakor, professors at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and the Olin Business School at Washington University, respectively, discuss how an aspirational mission can motivate employees and improve performance. Anderson talks about his own experience. Quinn and Thakor explain their research showing how leaders […]