Category Archives: Leadership

Looking Fear in the Eyes: Going Back to School

Photo by Tonik on Unsplash Statistics. Oh Statistics, how I fear you. Starting in 5th grade I suddenly went from categorized as “good at math” to “struggles with basic concepts”. I’ve often wondered how this came to be. Was it the chicken in that my teacher wasn’t very good at explaining the ideas of pre-algebraContinue reading “Looking Fear in the Eyes: Going Back to School”

A Lack of Proactive IT Strategy Holds Everyone Back

For someone at their first corporate position, I was quite nervous about how to successfully write about the role of IT in a corporate organization structure. Rather than set myself up for failure, I’d like to discuss the role IT has taken in jobs past, my current position, what an ideal future would look like.Continue reading “A Lack of Proactive IT Strategy Holds Everyone Back”

Reflecting on My Clifton StrengthsFinder Results

Photo by Matteo Grando on Unsplash My little sister often talks about how there isn’t a subject in the world she can bring up that I don’t know a little bit about. She’s wrong of course, and I thought she was calling me a know-it-all, but she was honestly amazed at how much knowledge IContinue reading “Reflecting on My Clifton StrengthsFinder Results”

Bryan Bennet – Leadership as Northwestern Faculty

It’s fascinating to me how often something going on in the course perfectly matches something going on in my work or personal life. Recently, I was tasked with bringing on the data visualization software Tableau. While I love data, the visualization element of it was completely new to me. Each day I was teaching myselfContinue reading “Bryan Bennet – Leadership as Northwestern Faculty”

Jen Henderson and Being a Change Agent

The change that I will be discussing today is a bit unusual, which is part of the reason I picked it. As part of the LGBTQIA+ community this change feels very timely and one we will see more of. Also, as someone without a background in Human Resources, it was exciting for me to examineContinue reading “Jen Henderson and Being a Change Agent”