Tomorrow is the first meeting of this spring’s Leadership Reading Group at SPSU. We’re starting with Marshall Goldsmith’s “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.” It’s a good, short book that highlights the difference between being successful at a job and becoming a leader. One of the points in the first section is aboutContinue reading “What got you here”
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Best companies — and universities — for leaders
The January/February 2012 issue of Chief Executive includes a listing of the “40 Best Companies for Leaders” – which is really about companies that support leadership development. Only 15 of the 2012 companies were even ranked in the top 40 in 2011, so the list is fairly fluid. What’s interesting are the four major criteriaContinue reading “Best companies — and universities — for leaders”
Expectations for spring semester
Last Friday was the first session of SPSU’s new Women’s Leadership Initiative. About 30 women faculty and staff are part of this program, and we will be having seven formal sessions during the spring semester. I have been working with two faculty members and two staff members to put this together, and my goals include theContinue reading “Expectations for spring semester”
On Leadership 