By Andy Hughes How leaders learn is an essential and expensive question asked today by organizations across the world. Organizations are facing consistent transformational, dynamic and complex challenges which require effective leadership more so than ever (DeRue & Myers, 2014). In 2019, firms spent approximately $370.3 billion on training (Training Industry, 2020), and Training Industry…
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The Future of Learning and Leadership in the Wake of COVID-19
By Christine Nowik Recently, a group called the TPHE Collective advanced ideas about the future of higher education, suggesting that the future for higher education should include “avoiding isolation,” “collaborating with other faculty members,” and “caring for students as whole people.” These arguments align with data I recently collected on faculty members’ experiences during their…
Taking Better Care of Yourself Could Help You Lead Better in 2020
By Andrew Hughes Let’s be honest, leadership is not easy. In fact, effective leadership often requires us to make personal sacrifices, deliver unpopular decisions, and perform consistently under a high level of stress. How do we, as leaders, take care of our own well-being while enduring constant change and giving our best selves to our…
Rhetorical Empathy as a Leadership Tool
By Christine M. Nowik Leaders spend much of their time communicating with others with varying degrees of success (Riggio, Riggio, Salinas, & Cole, 2003). Effective communication is a hallmark of good leadership and is associated with greater employee satisfaction, collaboration, and identification with an organization (Kim & Rhee, 2011), specifically two-way communication that fosters mutual…
Leadership Case Study: Understand the Roots of Corruption in Bell, California
By Ehap Alahmed In 2010, a massive level of corruption was discovered in Bell, California. Robert Rizzo, the city’s Chief Administrator Officer, made $1.5 million in total compensation annually, and four of the city’s five Councilmembers earned nearly $100,000 per year. The money was extracted from (a) raising property taxes; (b) issuing bonds for imaginary…
Incivility in the Stacks: Causes and Repercussions of Incivility in the Academic Library
By Sara Parme Libraries are stereotyped as quiet, calm places filled with shushing librarians who read all day. Many would be surprised to know that the work environment of a library falls prey to the same dysfunctions as other professions. Incivility at work, defined as rude or impolite behavior low in intensity but still severely…
Mere Cracks in the Academic Glass Ceiling: Why Are Women So Underrepresented in Higher Education Leadership?
By Sera-Leigh Ghouralal According to an article posted by Forbes in July 2018, the American College Presidents Survey conducted in 2017, by the American Council on Education, reported that only 30% of college presidents in the United States were women. Of this 30%, only 5% were women of color. The article states that there has…
Team Building Models as Tools for Social Justice: Literature Review and Theory Analysis
By Shannon Gazze When I introduce the idea of startup teams to business undergraduates, I enlist their help to construct a four-person basketball team. Why four players instead of the traditional five? This constraint allows us to focus first on fundamental skills and attributes that are necessary for success in a competitive environment and then…
It may be a Man’s World, but it is a Woman’s Galaxy: Transformational Female Leadership in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
By: Kasey Lee After the release of 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there was no shortage of criticism around what some viewed as an assault on a beloved franchise: a Star Wars movie with women and minorities in title roles while exalted hero Luke Skywalker had been turned impotent and despondent since 1983’s Return…
Women Leaders: A Strategic Advantage
Christine M. Nowik is pursuing a Ph.D. in Leadership and Administration at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She serves as the department chair of English at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. Tina Brown, founder of the Women in the World summit, recently shared her perspectives on leadership in “What Happens when Women Stop Leading like Men.”…
Administration and Leadership Studies PHD Info Night @IUPedu #IUP
Are you interested in earning your PhD program in Administration and Leadership Studies? Come join us on Wednesday, October 4 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., in the HUB Allegheny Room on the IUP Campus for an information night to learn more about this program. The PhD program will enroll new students in Indiana for Summer 2018. This is a part-time…
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