What if they’re on your team next time (part 2)
How did YOU make it work? That team project where the team itself was the biggest challenge? Yesterday I wrote about the start of the new semester and some of the issues that arise with…
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What if they’re on your team next time? (part 1)
Have you been frustrated by a team project? Was it the task? Or the people? Or both? The start of the new school year means new class projects, always involving a client from the real…
For Both of Us: The Secret to Successful Team Projects
#TeamworkMatters #SimpleSuccess #EffectiveCommunication #ProjectPerfection #CollaborateAndConquer
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post a video or an image of you or a passable proxy that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Well, last week…
Lego of Your Plan
I started last year (2024, for those of us already overwhelmed by 2025) with big plans: In early January, I was going to kick off a four-week online course on guiding people toward finding the…
I’m the guy with the lunchbox
Me? I’m the professor lugging a little lunchbox from class to class. Not for food, though. It’s my teaching toolkit. Inside: index cards, crayons, dry-erase markers (and hopefully an eraser), my clicker, a dongle, extra…
Hidden Talents: Unlocked!
You never know what hidden talents might be hiding under the surface. Not long ago, our adult children took us to a video arcade. Cue the nostalgia. Too many hours spent in college battling those…
Face Front! Friday
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post a video or an image of you or a passable proxy that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Here’s me, feeling…
Big Win or Big Picture?
Of course, it can be both. It’s easy to get caught up in the heat of a rivalry, but today I’m reflecting on the bigger lessons we can learn from sports—hear me out! I have…
Mentorvention: A Mentoring Intervention
An old friend and mentor of mine, Mike, once told me he enjoyed my posts but they reminded him of an empty storefront: windows covered with butcher paper and a lock on the door. He…