It was a pleasure to get to appear on my friend and fellow Defector Dustin Ramsdell's podcast, Higher Ed Geek. If you include his stint as cohost of the Student Affairs Spectacular podcast, it'll mark the third time we've shared the airwaves! In this third edition, we get a little more personal and talk about … Continue reading [PODCAST] Higher Ed Geek, Episode 12
Utilizing The Many Motivations to “Make”
Whether you're hiring someone in a new professional role, seeking to motivate a team of volunteers, or leading a student organization, the fact remains: not everyone is in it for the same reasons. I don't mean it in a catty Bachelor contestant kind of way ("I just don't think Haley is here for the right reason"), but … Continue reading Utilizing The Many Motivations to “Make”
5 Ways to Love Your Open Office
This post was previously published with Keep Calm and Dream: For Introverts, By Introverts. To those that value an environment that inspires them to do their best work, the idea of an open plan office may sound like a nightmare. At first. I wrote in my book The I’s Have It about the challenges that an open-plan or … Continue reading 5 Ways to Love Your Open Office
Introversion: Now in Four Flavors?
When speaking about introversion, I spend a lot of time managing assumptions. We (literally) throw ideas, myths, and knee-jerk assessments out into the open, uncover them, and say them out loud before addressing the science, psychology, and other research behind temperament that fills in that knowledge. And indeed, our assumptions about what we think introversion … Continue reading Introversion: Now in Four Flavors?
7 Great Questions to Support Your Local Creative
I'll admit it. Sometimes, the well meaning queries of "how's it going?" or "what are you working on?" are hard to swallow. And I've written previously about how difficult the "hope it works out for you" mentality of wishing friends and colleagues well can be to hear. Does it seem petulant to try and dictate how … Continue reading 7 Great Questions to Support Your Local Creative
My Best Laughs of 2017
For the second year, I'm sharing a list of some of my favorite laughs of 2017. Comedy specials, live performance, movies, and TV all made the cut this year. Please note, these were far from the only things that I laughed at...not even close. But they were the ones that, when I look back on … Continue reading My Best Laughs of 2017
My Best Reads of 2017
This is my second year condensing all of the reads from 2017 into one easy-to-peruse "greatest hits collection." As you may know, I spent much of February deliberately reading books that highlighted the perspectives of writers from marginalized communities (women, people of color, immigrants, refugees, etc.). That impulse felt good, and so I carried it through … Continue reading My Best Reads of 2017
The Introverted Entrepreneur, Pt. III: Finding the Temperament to Toot Your Horn
In this final part of “The Introverted Entrepreneur,” we’re talking about singing your own praises. Did you miss part 1 (on networking as an introverted entrepreneur)? No problem, it’s right here. How about part 2 (on teamwork and collaboration)? Gotcha there too. Not sure what we’re doing? Start here. It feels like tradition now, so let's address … Continue reading The Introverted Entrepreneur, Pt. III: Finding the Temperament to Toot Your Horn
The Introverted Entrepreneur, Pt. II: Temperament-Friendly Teamwork
In this second part of "The Introverted Entrepreneur," we're talking about embarking on the exercise of teambuilding and teamwork. Did you miss part 1 (on networking as an introverted entrepreneur)? No problem, it's right here. Not sure what we're doing? Start here. As with this series's first part, I feel compelled to start by dispelling … Continue reading The Introverted Entrepreneur, Pt. II: Temperament-Friendly Teamwork
The Introverted Entrepreneur, Pt. I: Working the Room, Your Way
In this first part of "The Introverted Entrepreneur," we're talking about the frequently discussed challenge of networking. Not sure what we're doing? Start here. Let me get this off my chest first so we can dispose of the myth: discomfort with networking is not a purely introverted trait. Frankly, most people hate it. And I … Continue reading The Introverted Entrepreneur, Pt. I: Working the Room, Your Way
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