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If you are looking for ways to diminish overwhelm, try changing the way you ‘see’ time. How do you view time at this juncture? Consider each of the following words/phrases and see if any of these sound familiar to you in terms of your viewpoint, particularly if you are in ‘overwhelm.’ There’s never enough time. Time [...]

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Reframe Your View of Time Imagine reframing your perception of what time is. What if you saw time as… Fluid Plentiful Available Abundant A blank canvas Expansive Ready Free Your friend (rather than your enemy)… Imagine the difference in how you’d feel if one or more of the ones listed above was descriptive of how [...]

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I checked this out on Snopes and although many emails that are sent around indicate that she’s 90, she actually wrote this when she was 50.  Regina Brett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.  These are fabulous and worth reading, no question…choose your favorite and post it: “To celebrate growing older, [...]

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Buckingham, Marcus & Curt Coffman. First, Break All the Rules. Anyone who manages others (even yourself!) will gain from reading this book and putting into practice the concepts presented by the authors. Read and answer the 12 Questions that “measure the core elements needed to attract, focus, and keep the most talented employees” on page [...]

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Buckingham, Marcus & Donald O. Clifton. Now, Discover Your Strengths. I cannot recommend this book enough (although I have given it my best shot over the years!).  I appreciate their research-based philosophy that we need to spend our time, energy, efforts, and lives doing what we do best and helping those around us do the [...]

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 Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following: Persistence Persistence A defining aspect of a toxic academic work environment is whether or not the behavior persists. Are you experiencing a situation that even after talking with someone about particular behaviors, attitudes, or something else, the person persists – or it even [...]

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Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following: Severity Severity The severity is a key issue to take a look at. When someone murmurs “Oh gosh, I can’t believe we’ve got this meeting again” or, “Who made her queen?” or similar statements that sometimes people make, that’s not that the end [...]

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We had a great class last Friday with 25 folks from around the country who came together to get fired up about writing more consistently, writing more quickly, and writing more fluently.  I hope that you will post your thoughts and ideas about the class. Thanks!  Meggin

Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following: The length of time it’s been continuing Length of time The first attribute to consider is ‘length of time’ that the unpleasantness has been going on. When you experience a day where it just seems like everybody is just biting each other’s heads [...]

Tags: Academic Ladder, Gina Hiatt, toxic, work environment

Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following: Loss of good people Loss of good people In a toxic environment, you also start to notice that you’re losing good people. Either you lose them altogether or you keep them physically but you lose them mentally and emotionally. Administrators must pay attention [...]

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