by Becky Robinson | Apr 2, 2010 | Leadership
…that it is my first week of class facilitating a cohort of students in Mountain State University’s Bachelor of Organizational Leadership program and I am already seeing leaders emerge. One of my students is going to near-heroic efforts to ensure that all...
by Becky Robinson | Mar 11, 2010 | Leadership
A leader values and engages others. One of the competencies that is most violated by leaders is valuing and engaging others. Too often we take our employees for granted. We see them only as someone to complete a task or check off a box. Valuing others begins with...
by Becky Robinson | Feb 19, 2010 | Leadership
A week ago, my family moved from our home in Chicago, where the view from our windows looked like this, to southeast Michigan, where the view from our back deck looks like this. After one week in our new home, I am happy to report that we’ve unpacked most of the...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 9, 2009 | Leadership
One way to improve alignment of teams to an organization’s overarching goals or mission is to create cross functional or interdisciplinary teams. Forming these teams can be time consuming but often results in worthwhile benefits to customers. I witnessed...
by Becky Robinson | Apr 10, 2009 | Leadership
A few weeks ago, during an episode entitled “The Duel”, Michael Scott reached an important milestone in his career at Dunder Mifflin, where he presides over the Scranton, PA branch as regional manager. Michael’s boss called him for an face to face...
