End of Summer Musings
Whether we wish to acknowledge it or not, it is the end of summer. (Working on a college campus, it is hard to ignore this.) So, before our minds really ramp up and are back in gear for long, sustained thinking, here are several short thoughts I wanted to share.
Words: I love words. Finding the right word(s) to express your thoughts can make all the difference in the world—to you, to your audience. Sadly, though, the audience doesn’t always appreciate your choices, doesn’t recognize them Read more
Letting Employees Soar
One of the hallmarks of a profession is that it has its own unique body of knowledge. Sometimes the unique body of knowledge of one profession butts up against the unique body of knowledge of another, and then what do you do?
For example, the unique body of legal knowledge tells board members one thing about doing work with a board member’s company (that is: so long as the board member disclosed the conflict of interest and her/his fellow board members knew of the disclosure, her/his Read more
