I was in a Zoom meeting this afternoon (are there any other kinds these days?), and when asked how I was really doing, I found myself babbling for a minute and then suddenly spitting out, "Honestly? I'm scared." When I heard myself saying that, I realized how many different ways I'd been trying to say it over [...]
I can honestly say that I've heard the word "unprecedented" more times in the past week than I have in my entire life, and I get it. But this also means that as leaders and supervisors, we're being asked to deal with brand new challenges - especially in higher education. While there's a whole other [...]
About seven years ago, I took what many have told me was a dramatic shift in my career path. It has since defined for me how I want to work - and where. Perhaps most importantly, taking that first step has made it that much easier to take even more steps. And while my career [...]
We are admittedly in a bit of a strange place these days as it concerns mental illness. There is still a lot of stigma surrounding it - even from the most "woke" of people. But there is also more awareness of it than ever before. This means, despite knowing they shouldn't, people still stigmatize mental [...]
Several years ago, a TED Talk by Brené Brown started becoming all the rage in the world of business and higher education leadership, and since then, I've seen more than a few people in upper administration at various institutions reference it and the need to be more vulnerable at work. I have to say that [...]
