authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
When you know how good you have it, you recognize this and protect it. This is how I feel about my role at MSU since my arrival in 2016. It’s the best job I’ve ever had. The best culture. The best leaders. And I got to be part of living out the mission of the Pioneer land grant university. I thought I would retire from MSU. Until I received an opportunity of a lifetime I could not pass up...
The Lead Where You Stand conference is an intersection of different experts sharing transferrable leadership principles that stem from a compass of morality and integrity as a single source of truth. It was created by Dr. Gayle Beebe, President of Westmont College , in partnership with Dr. Reed Sheard, VP for Advancement and CIO at Westmont. The content explores transformative ideas to apply to...
Lately I’m bombarded by tweets and, well, one thing I think we can all agree from our president is that there is such a thing called “fake news”. Now that I’ve got my radar up, I’m seeing it more and more. Stories on TV and online without confirmed sources. These stories don’t wait to get the story right. Now it’s about the first person to publish the...
A few years ago I was sitting in my office shaking. In tears. With my door closed. I had just fired someone for the first time. He was a good man. Nice guy. But the direction of where organization needed to go necessitated some change. Hard decisions needed to be made. And I had no idea how to navigate waters like this. I didn’t sleep two...
authentic reflections of a life desired to live well
