The use of executive or leadership coaches has exploded in private corporations, non-profits, and government (here). Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates (here) say that everyone needs a coach, and in the C-suite, almost everyone has one. And the reasons for this explosive growth are becoming clearer. When individuals are coached, they become more effective at work […]
I put up a post on LinkedIn the other day (here) in which I talked about the Three Speeds of Educational Transformation, and in that post I labeled the three speeds as follows:n: Speed 1: The NO Track Speed 2: The SLOW Track Speed 3: The GO Track The NO track is, arguably, the most […]
The book, A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education is available for pre-order on Amazon or for bulk orders at 800CEOread.com. Amazon: Pre-order here. 800-CEO-Read: Bulk-order here. See the link here about the making of the book (here), a press release from Olin College (here), and an early review of the book by Gary […]
I am writing this from Atlanta Hartsfield Airport (ATL), returning from a delightful session with approximately 40 faculty members at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaiso, Chile on “From I Know to We Trust & Beyond: Deep Faculty Development in an Uncertain & Creative Era.” The program was sponsored by LASPAU at Harvard, and this was the […]
Introduction Coming home on a long flight I was reading Kegan and Lahey’s book How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation. In working as a coach, the power of language, story, and reframing is hard to overestimate. As clients work to change, the role of talking differently about […]
Mark Somerville and I are wrapping up production on our book A Whole New Engineer: A Surprising Emotional Journey (see more here), and I was reflecting on large writing projects such as books and how easy it is to underestimate the amount of work required and the amount of learning that goes on in writing one. The tendency […]
I was doing my morning tweet practice of inspirational quotes, and I came across a quote, which I posted: “The same view you look at every day, the same life, can become something brand new by focusing on its gifts rather than the negative aspects. Perspective is your own choice and the best way to […]
There are many challenges in navigating the transformation of education in the 21st century. Key among these is the movement from an educational culture of expertise in which disciplinary lecturers impart their knowledge to obedient students who listen, to a more collaborative community of learners in which broadly aware and educated coaches trust and unleash […]
The old saying says there is no “I” in “teamwork.” What do you do when there is no “we” in faculty? Since leaving the University of Illinois in December 2010, I’ve worked at a number of universities around the world to help bring transformative change to engineering education. Transformative change and routine business as usual […]
In a recent move, I noticed that two longstanding habits were being performed intermittently, and I was curious what was wrong. These habits related to exercise, were well established, and I was having trouble understanding why they weren’t getting done. When I noticed what was happening, I realized that in moving, the habits’ normal time […]