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What is academic tenure?
(Image courtesy of classroomclipart.com) When you hear the term “tenured professor,” what does it mean? I’ve been asked this question many times over the years. Let me take a quick digression into the...
View ArticleKeyboard activism: Three ways to support the workplace anti-bullying movement
The Workplace Bullying Institute has started a neat little Facebook awareness initiative using Labor Day as a way of calling attention to workplace bullying. I’d like to build on that by suggesting...
View ArticleA hotel housekeeper’s cart
During a recent hotel stay, I noticed that one of the housekeepers had arranged her cart so that it completely blocked entry to the room she was cleaning. It is to my discredit that prior to this —...
View ArticleNew jobs, new economy: Envisioning better ways to work and earn a living
Bravo to YES! magazine, whose Fall issue (link here) is devoted to examining how we can create new jobs and a new economy based on human and community needs and sustainable practices: The jobs crisis...
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When the bullying comes from a board member
Image courtesy of clipart-library.com What happens when the perpetrator of workplace bullying is not a manager, peer, or subordinate, but rather a member of the organization’s board of directors or...
View ArticleWaiting for Irene with geeky gadgets and water bottles
I’m waiting in Boston for the inevitable arrival of Hurricane Irene, and after I collected provisions for a possible loss of electricity and water supply, my thoughts turned to how I connect with the...
View ArticleWisdom, experience, and leadership
I’m wondering if we should raise the minimum age to serve as President of the United States from 35 to around 55 or 60. Okay, I’m kidding. Or maybe not. Bill Clinton today After watching a couple of...
View ArticleFresno school superintendent Larry Powell gives up salary, seeks to protect...
This story sounds too good to be true, but I’ll run with it anyway: It’s about a public school superintendent who (1) gave up most of the remaining $800,000 on his contract; (2) serves as a leader in...
View ArticleiPads for Yale med students
Entering Yale medical students will receive a new Apple iPad loaded with apps relevant to their curriculum, reports Chelsea Conaboy for the Boston Globe‘s health care professions blog (link here): Yale...
View ArticleBeyond Buffett: What should be the top tax rate?
Billionaire financier Warren Buffett recently made headlines with his call for the mega-rich to pay a fairer share of taxes (link here): Our leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did...
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