When you read the title of this article, you may be unsure if I am being facetious or if I’m being flippant. I am being neither. I am being quite intentional because I wrote these tips a few years ago on a plane after a visit to Kentucky to visit…

Writing is not a one-step process. It not only has many steps but the steps, which are actually more like phases than steps, are recursive. You begin composing and then decide you need to do some additional research. Then you compose some more and decide you need to start “fixing”…

Each of the following could be its own article but for now, I’ll list these ten factors to address for a classroom where you can teach and your students can learn (and vice versa, of course!): Civility. Many have written about the loss of civility in today’s society (which tragically…

An energized class of students is MUCH easier to teach than a de-energized classroom. There are times where you have a class of students, especially graduate students, who are fully engaged and committed to their learning, they have bonded with each other, and before you ever get to the class…

Having techniques for writing sounds so respectable — and it is! Here are ten techniques to enhance your writing productivity. Put yourself in the most positive space possible — both mentally and physically. I have observed people in their offices that have absolutely dreadful workspaces set up and then they…

Students can feel nameless and faceless in college classrooms. Some students believe that this is what they want and others believe that this is “just how college is.” No one truly wants to be nameless and faceless — and students in colleges and universities certainly do not. In a semester-long…

Delegating is an essential part of being productive both at home and at work. There are certainly tasks that I’m sure you’ve done where you asked yourself: “Did I earn a master’s degree to qualify me to stuff these envelopes?” Other times, you wonder, ‘Hmmm….why am I doing this when…

Question: Should colleges and universities make sure that one of the ways that faculty are supported in being good teachers is to have a coaching relationship with someone? In this article, we’ll look at four costs to consider when faculty are not supported in teaching as well as they could…

How many times have you talked with a friend and said something like, “If more women were in charge, things would be different.” There are many alternatives to this particular statement, but I think we have ALL believed that women leaders wouldn’t get us into some of the crises that…