As we considered our values today, some of our conversation afterwards steered in a direction of our job obligations and life circumstances dictating what our values were. For example, needing money equating to working hard and rather than understanding what we feel and desire being our values. I believe if our desires matched our jobs
I have been to number of countries, but I am extremely excited about traveling to Germany. I have participated in two study abroad opportunities in undergrad, in which I traveled to Brazil and Italy. However, neither one of them took on a topic as influential as migration and we didn’t have formal class meetings to
The world has seen racism in the form of slavery, police brutality or brutality on police, racial slurs, violence on neighbors, etc. It has always been a sensitive topic to discuss. Great leaders fought for everyone to be treated equally and now their fight seems to be taken in vein. Racism once was disguised
How do I get my people to do what they are supposed to be? This is a question asked by many leaders. According to Jeb Blount, these are the 5 core behavior patterns necessary for building trusting relationships between your employees. Blount believes that leadership skills are learned behaviors. The following behavior patterns are learned
Globalization. Good? Bad? Ugly? the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. As we consider the pros, cons, and consequences of globalization below Simon Anholt speaks about countries that are not only considering their international impact on the world but also managing to build their
I’ve been wondering about how I can integrate the lessons learned from this class into my school, and our time with the INEMA students this week has solidified it for me. I plan to implement some cultural sensitivity training and while I’m certain this will not be recieved as a huge “wow” factor at first,
Times are changing, and changing rapidly. We live in the era of diversity, inclusion, and equality. Thanks to technology, we have more and more access to information and to one another than we ever have before. We’ve gained access to systems and servers to communicate with people from all over the world. Our new generations
In researching questions about leadership, I came across a fascinating article by Forbes where some of the most successful people in our generation have defined their version of leadership. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/04/09/what-is-leadership/#361e46115b90 At the core of these statements is that leadership isn’t something that we can all equally define and agree to. It’s a moving target that
What difference would it make if leaders spoke to their employees as if they were the CEO of the company? How would it change the attitude and perspective of the custodian if they were treated like the president? In what ways would this impact and engage them differently in the workplace? I tell you the
be·nev·o·lence the quality of being well meaning; kindness. To whom did the world belong before humanity’s existence? Who was the first to give without having already received? Who laid the foundations of the world for us to construct our lives? Who determine(d/s) humanity’s pecking order? Who set the boundaries of the world and built its’
