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Elevator or Stairs?
(Image by nakataza92 from Pixabay) (Image by No Way from Pixabay) At the start of each semester at Austin Community College, across our 11-soon-to-be-12 campuses, we have Welcome Tables for the first two days that are positioned at main entrances. Faculty, staff, and administrators all sign up for shifts, and we have great fun welcoming new…
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Leadership Lessons from the Land of Cancer, Part II
As I continue to dwell in the land of cancer and its treatment, I am learning lessons that can be applied to leadership (and to life). This is the second post in a series offering some of the lessons I’m (re)learning. I find joy in my work. I find cancer to be a bother…
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Leadership Lessons from the Land of Cancer, Part I
I have been sojourning in the land of cancer since November 2024. I’ve moved through surgery/recovery and radiation/recovery. I’m now four weeks into a year of chemotherapy. And I am learning a lot of lessons that I could apply to my leadership. Here are a few. I expect that my cancer journey will continue to…
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Be Joyful
“Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell Berry We live in challenging times. We look around us and we see change (expected and unexpected), unpredictability, trauma, distress, malaise, tribalism, nativism, jingoism, confusion. How do we respond? How should we respond? How could we respond? Here at ACC we have four values to…