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Higher Education – Just How High Is It?
Get PDFSome people argue that the nature and purpose of education is to gain a broad range of knowledge. Unfortunately, higher education programs and courses are often afflicted with the myopia of knowledge, or even just brief encounters with it, above everything else. I don’t think knowledge alone represents the true heights of “higher education.
The Giver: Vision & Memory
Get PDFA memory hole is the banishment of problematic thoughts. We exile that which we prefer not to exist. Enter the perilous Memory Hole: The Psychology of Dystopia, to explore a legion of social and psychological themes through the lens of dystopian literature. The crushing fist of 1984 annihilating thoughts from existence as a means of persuasion. The exquisite seduction of addiction as an agent of control in Brave New World. Incineration of the written word to bask in the embers of peace of mind in Fahrenheit 451. Each chapter weaves in and out of the dystopian realms forged by the great storytellers of our current age, and those of yesteryear. Memory Hole begins a century ago in the 1920s and journeys ever closer to the present day. With each chapter comes a new decade, along with the relevant social and cognitive psychological science. The odyssey also wades into the domains of neuroscience and behavioral economics as it weaves a cohesive narrative to explore over a century of science. Social issues are examined in parallel with each dystopian novel. Censorship, overpopulation, and hyperconnectivity are the themes of today. The climate crisis and human cloning are the themes of tomorrow. We can confront these issues with courage or banish them to the memory hole. Alas, the destruction of information serves to shield us from knowledge
Transformers – More than Meets the Eye: Examining the Dark Side of Transformational Leadership (Demystifying Dark Transformational Leaders Session 1)
No full textDemystifying Dark Transformational Leaders with Dr. Cecelia Martin.
There is clearly a distinction between Transformational Leaders and other types of leaders. Affectionately known as Transformers, these powerful change agents ignite organizations to accomplish extraordinary outcomes that transcend the monotony of day-to-day operations. Transformers accomplish the mission, move others into action, and inspire the hearts and minds of many with grand and compelling visions. However, transformers can exemplify the best of leadership and the worst of leadership. When operating from the dark side of charisma, Transformers can become the single catalyst to derailing a company’s success, their impact can be catastrophic. Instead of ignoring or dismissing these dark traits, we can learn to recognize and mitigate the signs of toxicity in Transformers and use it as an opportunity to embed accountability and bring balance to the pressures that come with power and authority.
Session 1: Transformers – More than Meets the Eye: Examining the Dark Side of Transformational Leadership
Leaders have their own style and approach to organizing and implementing vision and tasks. Leadership style is not only crucial to the progress and survival of an organization, but it can be a key element to company productivity and employee job satisfaction. The organization is the structure and infrastructure under which the leader and the followers’ function. Since the style or approach of a leader can help to improve an organization or cause it to deteriorate, it is equally important to examine to identify and acknowledge the dark side of transformational leadership.https://fuse.franklin.edu/leadership-events/1003/thumbnail.jp
There was a Silver Lining to the Pandemic! Can Our Institutions See It?
No full textJoin us as we continue to Re-Imagine Work with Mason Moments, where we’ll welcome Vickie Thompson-Sandy, President and CEO of The Buckeye Ranch, to discuss how the nonprofit human services sector adapted to help people in poverty using telehealth services. The human services industry learned it could provide safe and effective services via telehealth, which removed barriers that exist for clients who live in poverty, such as travel, childcare, and work schedule conflicts. This session will explore the challenges of transitioning a workforce back to a traditional face-to-face environment where telehealth is not feasible due to the slow system change process.https://fuse.franklin.edu/leadership-events/1008/thumbnail.jp
Examining Women, Higher Education Leadership, and Political Skill: A Midwestern Community College System Study
No full textPolitical skill has been defined as an informal set of behaviors that strive to influence and understand others, interpret social clues, appear sincere and trustworthy, and political skill is frequently used to gain knowledge for both personal and organizational achievement of goals (Kimura, 2015; Ferris et al., 2017). Research suggests that organizational leaders should possess political skill to be effective in the workplace (Ferris et al., 2007). According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report in February 2021, women, over the age of 20, represent 57% of the labor force, yet in higher education, women hold more doctorates than men but fill only 32% of full professor\u27s roles (Calsy and D\u27Agostino, 2021). This disparate representation could be a result of women not effectively using political skill in the workplace. Perrewe and Nelson (2004), Lawless and Fox (2005), and Davey (2008), and suggest that women have a lower probability of using political skill than men, are socialized to believe they do not possess political skill, and perceive political skill to be unfeminine. However, Phipps and Prieto (2015) found the perceptions of their political skill among female students to be greater than that of their male counterparts. This study adds to current research in political skill by analyzing the statistical relationship between women\u27s political skill inventory score, race, age, and years of service in their higher education leadership role. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the degree of relationship among variables with the continuous variable, political skill, and continuous independent variables, age, race, and years of service in higher education. Data from the multiple regression analysis was used to answer the research question; is there a significant correlation between race, age, and years of service in higher education with political skill of women in leadership roles employed at the midwestern community college
