This spring, I'm focusing some of my speaking and consulting on helping organizations who are in conflict, resolve it and prevent it from constricting practices like organizational transition, goal setting, and strategic planning. Unresolved conflict presents a lot of issues to organizations: lost productivity, damaged professional relationships, and - most germane to the work I … Continue reading The Challenge Conflict Presents to Creativity
The Stewart School of Talent Development
I've been thinking a lot about what makes a good supervisor lately. While I am not presently in a supervisor role, talk has started about the possibility of me getting an intern, and my role on the NACA Conference Committee allows me to work with other staff members whose work I oversee. I do a … Continue reading The Stewart School of Talent Development
Book Review: Bruce Kasanoff’s How to Self-Promote Without Being a Jerk
I'll admit it. I worry a lot about the balance between promoting my work and seeming tiresome or self-indulgent. I've spoken to many people who have struggled with this as well. We want people to recognize the quality of, and excitement we have for, our work. But how do we foster that awareness while also … Continue reading Book Review: Bruce Kasanoff’s How to Self-Promote Without Being a Jerk
Dark Suits and Doing Good
I have a new lifestyle crush. That is to say, I have found someone whose life I would like to live mine in the vein of. His name is Adam Grant, and he's awesome. For those unfamiliar, Adam is the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School of Business (at 31, which makes me want … Continue reading Dark Suits and Doing Good
Misguided, Sans Guidelines
My most recent #sachat was a lively discussion about creating social media guidelines for your campus. With my eyes on creating and implementing guidelines for our student groups, I participated in the chat with rapt attention, favoriting resources and resonant statements as I went. But there was a topic that went unaddressed for the length … Continue reading Misguided, Sans Guidelines
Amma Marfo 