364: Finding Courage to Lead and More Questions, with Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She joins me monthly to respond to listener questions.

Questions

• Garfield asked about how to lead a team that doesn’t have enough to do.
• Kevin wondered how his disability might be affecting his ability to lead his team.
• Roland asked for advice on working for a disengaged leader.
• Jane wanted to know if she should stay with her organization if there’s no clear path forward to make things better.

Resources Mentioned

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People* by Stephen Covey
• Scrum
• Seth Godin’s blog
• Leading Change* by John Kotter
• Our Iceberg is Melting* by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway* by Susan Jeffers

Related Episodes

• How to Tame Your Inner Critic, with Tara Mohr (episode 232)
• How to Succeed with Leadership and Management, with John Kotter (episode 249)
• How to Actually Move Numbers, with Chris McChesney (episode 294)
• How to Create a Vivid Vision, with Cameron Herold (episode 345)

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