Working for a university is hard work. There is a lot of pressure to perform and you always know that a failure at your work affects if students can do their work. There is also the pressure that comes from the perceived pressure to be great all of the time. Finally, there is the issueContinue reading “How I learned to be the trimtab and not the boat”
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Like it or not, College is Vocational Training through personal enrichment
As the Executive Director of a multi-university Consortium I get an opportunity to interact with a lot of different folks, doing a myriad of jobs, and with differing impacts on college students. Working with three universities representing over 180,000 students in large metropolitan cities like Miami, Tampa, and Orlando I get to assemble teams ofContinue reading “Like it or not, College is Vocational Training through personal enrichment”
How I Became a Better Leader when I Stopped Leading and Started Working
In 2015 I took the job as the Executive Director of the Florida Consortium and I thought that meant something. After years of toiling in the minor leagues I had finally been called up to pitch on the big stage. Finally I can be the leader I always felt I was destined to be; visionaryContinue reading “How I Became a Better Leader when I Stopped Leading and Started Working”
My Midlife Crisis is Real and its Spectacular.
This past week I have read two pieces that have given me pause and allowed me to reflect on something that I have had been thinking about for some time; I am experiencing my midlife crisis. I have been working, parenting, playing, thinking, and experiencing a life and largely ignored the fact that I amContinue reading “My Midlife Crisis is Real and its Spectacular.”
My Music Memoir: May 31, 1990
By time I filed into my seat at the Miami Arena on May 31, 1990 I was already hooked. I was already a lifelong fan. I had watched the tour film Depeche Mode 101 perhaps 25 times, I had every album (okay cassette but you know), and I skipped first period at Homestead Senior HighContinue reading “My Music Memoir: May 31, 1990”
Time to screen the screen time . . . .
As a higher education professional screen time is a fact of life. We spend most of our days in front of computer screens because most of our work production time is spent communicating electronically, writing reports, email, prepping for class, and other rather sedentary and intellectual pursuits. And I know what I signed up forContinue reading “Time to screen the screen time . . . .”
To my students, I don’t hate you but . . .
I am also not your buddy. I am your instructor, your professor, your teacher, whatever you want to think of me as. For almost two decades I have been teaching college classes of some sort. Be it leadership development to higher education I have taught everyone from freshmen to doctoral students. And one consistent complaintContinue reading “To my students, I don’t hate you but . . .”
In defense of that thing you love but I hate.
This past weekend I took my daughter and her friend to see Taylor Swift in concert. It was amazing. The show was a feast for the eyes and ears. Highly stylized, the sound quality was great, she is a great show woman, and the crowd had a blast. it was worth every dime. There wereContinue reading “In defense of that thing you love but I hate.”
Intelligent but Savage, the Wisdom of Starman
“You are a strange species. Not like any other. And you’d be surprised how many there are. Intelligent but savage.” – Jeff Bridges, Starman – 1984 In 1984 John Carpenter released the movie Starman starring Jeff Bridges. The movie was about an alien sent to Earth to observe and learn from humans. During theContinue reading “Intelligent but Savage, the Wisdom of Starman”
Higher Ed – Don’t Change for the Hater, Change for the Student . . .
To say society is not in love with higher education is an understatement. A recent NBC News / Wall Street Journal survey found that Americans are split on the value of a college degree and even fewer, 39% of 18-34 year olds felt that a college degree was worth the expense. Indeed these are challengingContinue reading “Higher Ed – Don’t Change for the Hater, Change for the Student . . .”
Considering Outloud 