Women@Work
in Higher Ed

I tried to implement structure and systems while diving deep into who I am. The result? A systematically mystical summer that broke my brain.

Teaching is an act of love. After thinking about this with recent guests and faculty Rand Park, Sidneyeve Matrix, and Stephanie Cawthon, I’ve come to wonder if we don’t expect far too much of our educators and far too little from our leaders. Teaching requires emotion: compassion, empathy, affection. Even love. These are necessary for […]

Stephanie Cawthon is an expert teacher *and* stage manager who creatively engages students in class and also colleagues in meetings.

Successful teachers, like successful leaders, engage people’s hearts. Sidneyeve Matrix is one of my favorite people to talk about this with. A marketing professor and graphic designer with a Harvard credential in Instructional Design, Sidneyeve devotes (I’m guessing) most of her waking moments to thinking about how to help people learn by surrounding them with beauty.  […]

Rand Park is a senior lecturer at UM’s Carlson School of Management. He joins us to share his insights into how extraordinary teaching and authentic leadership lead to both transformational learning and leading. 

For our summer session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to listen to episodes you might have missed. Today we’re replaying Episode 26: In […]

For our summer session we’re running a fan favorite playlist: a combination of the most-listened-to episodes as well as listener favorites. Our Summer Session gives you a chance to revisit episodes you may not have heard in a while or even to listen to episodes you might have missed. Today we’re replaying Episode 20, A […]

For today’s summer session we’re replaying Episode 24, Empathy & Gratitude: Mandy Balek Stephens on Mentoring Young Professionals. Mandy is School Director for the Schuler Scholars Program at Golda Meir School in Milwaukee.

Today we’re replaying Episode 21, Democracy is a Creative Act, featuring my interview with Jill Arensdorf, Provost and Professor of Leadership at Ft. Hayes State University. 

Today we’re replaying Episode 23, Mentors & Allies: How to be Machiavellian Without Being a Machiavellian, based on Stacey Vanek Smith’s book “Machiavelli for Women.”