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I had the pleasure of spending my Friday at MA-NASPA, MCPA, and BACHA's Entry Level Professionals Workshop at Fitchburg State this past week. In addition to the opportunity to catch up with colleagues from other schools and to present a session on harnessing office creativity through design thinking, I had the opportunity to see colleagues … Continue reading Treat Student Staff Like Rubber, Not Glass

As I continue work on a new project highlighting introversion, I've had the opportunity to revisit my first treatise on the topic, The I's Have It. For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing tidbits that could be helpful as you gear up for the fall. Today: from chapter 6, a little something on cultivating … Continue reading THE I’S HAVE IT Flashback: Cultivating Resilience

As many of you may know, my writing isn't just confined to this space. Today's post is dedicated to sharing highlights of other pieces I've written elsewhere. I parlayed my love of PBS Kids' Curious George into a series of lessons for the Lead365 National Conference blog: Leadership Lessons from Curious George Also for Lead365, I … Continue reading Around the Web: June Blog Roundup

Recently, I gave a new version of a talk about introversion where I hit upon an important nuance about introversion that I wanted to share. Thus far, we've been looking at the 101 level of temperament- with introversion at one end, and extroversion at the other. The highest level of mastery at this level is … Continue reading IE 201: Temperament in Two Dimensions

This time of year in my office is one naturally inclined toward reflection. Performance is being reviewed, superlatives awarded, certificates printed and plaques engraved. We look at who has succeeded and who will continue to grow- both the people that we work with, and the processes that guide what we do. Those who know me … Continue reading 2 Legit to Quit: Why My Summer Will Live on Legitimacy

Shoutout to Kirsten King (graduate of Emmanuel College, by the way!) for a silly and occasionally painfully true portrait of the introvert on social media. This bit is particularly true 🙂 Click here to get the full list, and feel free to share in the comments what other situations you'd add!

Special thanks go out to Jackie and Lougan at the Higher Ed Social podcast for having me on this week! Click the image below for a more in depth discussion of my post about Hulu's Resident Advisors, an exciting upcoming event on campus, and general learning about ukeleles.

"Our lives could be a TV show." I can't tell you how often I hear that remark from people at the office- and have heard it, regardless of where I've worked. Those pleas get answered in the most seemingly random of ways; It would appear that enough current and former RAs have verbalized this need … Continue reading 3 Real Takeaways from Hulu’s Fake Peek Into Residence Life