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Tip of the Month: Take it Apart to Rebuild Something Better: Tips for Deconstruction

In the Summit’s context, deconstruction has a purposeful, forward-thinking and positive intent associated with it. It is the intentional dissection of elements from the past, to challenge beliefs that no longer work for us and to see what has been good and useful and must be brought forward… Read More

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

I’ve got the Clash’s earworm stuck in my head. Should I stay or should I go If I go there...

Tip of the Month, August 2019 – Take it Apart to Rebuild Something Better: Tips for Deconstruction

Tip of the Month, August 2019 – Take it Apart to Rebuild Something Better: Tips for Deconstruction

This year’s Summit theme, Reconstructing Leadership: Owning Our Power, really appeals to me. I enjoy the challenge of putting things...

About This Year’s Leadership Summit – Reconstructing Leadership: Owning Our Power

I first became connected to Thunderbird Leadership through the Annual Leadership Summit. Unlike most leadership learning opportunities, it is not...

Summer Professional Beach Read II – The Art of Gathering

Summer Professional Beach Read II – The Art of Gathering

What could be better for a Summer Professional Beach Read than The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why...

A “Professional” Beach Read: Dare to Lead

A “Professional” Beach Read: Dare to Lead

What a treat it is to read a book about leadership and discover its robustness for areas of my life...

Tip of the Month, June 2019 – Tips on Passing the Torch

Tip of the Month, June 2019 – Tips on Passing the Torch

In this month’s blog (click here), Jill discussed how we pass on information, knowledge and wisdom when we are leaving...

Passing the Torch

Passing the Torch

As I write this it is May and there are congratulatory cards sitting, ready to mail, on my desk. I...

Tip of the Month, May 2019 – Engagement Tips for the Individual

Tip of the Month, May 2019 – Engagement Tips for the Individual

In our latest blog titled Engagement Survey, Oh My! read here, Rory (1) challenged the practice of ineffective annual engagement...

Engagement Survey! Oh my!

Engagement Survey! Oh my!

Jill[1] and I were brainstorming about topics for this year’s blog posts. It helps to have a roadmap because the...

Tip of the Month, April 2019 – Coming Unglued in a Good Way

Tip of the Month, April 2019 – Coming Unglued in a Good Way

Rory Gilbert addressed a common and frustrating problem in last month’s blog, Getting Unstuck (read here.) I’ve had lots of...

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