Effectively managing in our emerging workplace can mean the difference between creating a high performance, energizing environment and an ineffective, highly frustrating environment. Often, getting to high performance begins with an understanding of our own…
Leadership begins with Mission. I used to scoff at that idea. “The Mission is just a bunch of pretty words,” I used to think. “It has nothing to do with the day-to-day.” My view now…
Every year the Arts and Ideas program at Lewis University presents a series on a given theme. This year it’s Leadership. Professors from many departments will speak about Leadership as it relates to their disciplines.…
Note: This article has also appeared in the May edition of the Catholic Cemetery Magazine (Volume 57, Number 5). By Drs. Michael Cherry, Lesley Page, Sheila Boysen and Keith Lavine During the School of Leadership…
I was going to title this article “How to Make Talented People Feel Valued”, but that sounded a bit disingenuous. A leader’s goal shouldn’t be to give people the illusion of having a say and…
This article recently appeared in the January, 2018 edition (Vol. 57, Number 1) of the Catholic Cemetery Magazine. As we read the November issue of the Catholic Cemetery Magazine, we were struck by the multiple…
Introduction The national debate regarding the state of the healthcare system in the United States is decades old. Several administrations, and most recently President Obama, have targeted healthcare reform as a top initiative. Consequently, the…
Generation X, also know as Millennials, are defined as the group of individuals born between 1980-2000 and are the largest group of employees in the workforce. (Hesselbien, 2015; Zemke, 1999, p.3; PwC, 2013; Deloitte, 2016).…