Leadership Reflections

 Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer was, as far as I can tell from a quick Internet search, a rather dreary philosopher who wrote that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be fulfilled, so he was all about negating those desires, which leads [...]

I believe that the special characteristics of church boards virtually guarantee they will be the boards with the most problems.  And it seems you agree.  The most frequent search term that brings people to my blog, sad to say, is some variant of “dysfunctional church board.”  Yes, it is true.  The single most viewed post I’ve written is The unique [...]

In a previous post I discussed what sabbaticals are about, and wondered what I should do for mine.  Now I can tell you my plans. In that post, I wrote: A sabbatical is a time to get away from regular work for a period of personal and professional development in order to improve my value to my employer.  It [...]

While serving as president of the University of Cincinnati, leadership guru Warren Bennis was teaching a course at Harvard’s School of Education when someone asked him, “Do you love being President of the University of Cincinnati?”  After an uncomfortable silence, Warren replied, “I don’t know.”  He wrote about this incident in Managing The Dream:  The [...]

Here’s a list of things I’m thinking about that I’d like you to jump in on before I do.  But first, I have a celebration to share. Today’s my anniversary!  One year ago today I wrote my first post.  I started blogging because Heather Hanson, VP Administration at CCCC, came back from a social media conference [...]