Synergy Introduction to Synergy In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey presents Synergy as the 6th Habit. In the introductory article I posted Friday, I gave a dictionary definition of synergy, which was the… Read More
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Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Stephen Covey’s 5th Habit of Highly Effective People addresses an important aspect of interpersonal communication. Covey begins with a claim that really applies to me. He says, “We have… Read More Online Rating Sites “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” (Mark Antony in Julius Caesar Act III, Scene II). So why have I “gone literary” on you? The little known fact is that Julius… Read More Do you pass inspection? Think about the best college instructor you ever had. What was special about him or her? How do you match up to that standard? More importantly, how do your students and your college administrators judge your… Read More Frequent Student-Faculty Contact David Royse (2001) (see my References page) gives an especially good summary of Chickering and Gamson’s findings after many years of research into teaching and learning. Here are the seven principles as… Read More Try some of these “Fun things” ! While looking for jokes online, I found a list entitled “50 Fun Things For Professors To Do.” I didn’t think too many of them were worthy of this Blog, though I did have to chuckle at a few. Then I… Read More You are going to wonder why I am telling you this story! I recently read The Devil in the White City. This book weaves together the fascinating history of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition with the macabre, heinous acts of one of the… Read More I doubt you ever thought of students this way before. Terms like raw material, assembly line worker, quality control inspector, product, and customer mean something to most of us. Just to be sure we are on a level playing field, I will put these… Read More My Top Ten Tips for establishing and maintaining a good relationship with your students. Ask Them About Themselves – During your first class session, have your students complete a questionnaire. I have usually asked students about prior… Read More If your answer is yes, think again. No matter how approachable you think you are, there will be some students who don’t see it that way. You won’t know if they have complaints. You may be totally blindsided when they go to the dean to… Read More |
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