I Quit

Dear University President, I Quit…those words appear on a sheet of paper rolling upward from an old manual green typewriter on the front cover of a workbook created by Jeffrey L. Buller for ATLAS leadership training which addresses the Great Resignation that is currently being experienced in higher education. In the following pages, Buller shares …

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You’re Invited!

Being the introvert that I am, there are times when I slit an envelope from the mailbox with my little opener, read the words “You’re Invited!” and cringe. Most of the time, however, a wave of gratitude washes over me that someone cares enough to include me, that a friend might actually cherish my attendance …

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First Day Experience: Faculty Workshop

On my computer reside some unpublished drafts of a series about First Day Experiences in various situations, and I share a little on this topic in earlier posts such as The First 48 and FDE: College Athletics, but today the focus is on a positive opening day to a new semester that occurred this week …

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Flourishing Organizations

Today, I was deeply saddened to read a comment from a student in a graduate-level course who offered that my request for a book review was the first time they had been asked to complete one since seventh grade. My sincere hope is that this statement did not mean that during their educational formation they …

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The First 48

If you have ever tuned in to watch the television show entitled The First 48 on the A&E Network, you have been a witness to the importance that the first 48 hours play in a criminal investigation, and I offer that just as a crime investigation often hinges on those precious first hours, how a student experiences the first hours enrolled in …

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