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Leadership & Symbolism

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Symbolism is defined as the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In the context of leadership, symbolism can often be about th...

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Introverts & Extroverts: Insights From Coffee Shop Station Observations

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My daily morning routine includes, when possible, visiting my local coffee shop. In the spirit of anthropologist Jane Goodall, I decided ...

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Mentoring Lessons

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When we are deep in the minutia of day-to-day work that can often include toxic politics, organizational culture inertia, putting out fir...

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Math Intervention: Cross-Curricular Faculty Collaboration

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I had the pleasure of working with Los Angeles Mission College biological science lead faculty member Dr. Par Mohammadian to design a cro...

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Change

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Iโ€™ve come across a multitude of visuals that represent the challenges of managing complex change within an organization. Most are related...

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Facilitator Considerations

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Many years ago I worked with some of the most talented and aspiring educators and researchers formerly of an R&D and services organizatio...

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Doing the Ordinary Extraordinarily Well

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For three years I helped to lead a project to assist community colleges with integrated planning. With so many initiatives and priorities...

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Educators Beware: "Best Practices"

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I'm often asked, โ€œWhat best practices do you recommend?โ€ I try my best not to show it on the outside, but I cringe on the inside when I h...

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Appreciative Inquiry for Planning

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The Appreciative Inquiry (Ai) method can be used for planning and implementing initiatives. I focus on the planning aspect by offering an...

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