Author: Nelson Coulter, Chief Organizational Learning Officer of CEN I recently read The Obstacle is the WAY: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday (2014). I didn’t realize it until the very end of the book, but RH was really describing Stoicism. Interesting that I’ve never thought of myself as Stoic, but clearly, I have some Stoic tendencies. …
CEN Student-Driven Community Development
Author: Greg Wortham, CEN Chief Partnership Officer Building Communities from within Collegiate Edu Nation (CEN) schools have opportunities to build their communities from within, and we encourage schools to lead from within by leveraging the creativity, innovation, and strength of their students, faculty and administrative staff. Every community has a unique position as to internal and external resources, but we encourage …
Developmental Coaching
Author: Nelson Coulter The best leaders I know are as much coaches as they are anything else. These wise folks commit huge portions of their time to the development of the folks around them. In that process, these astute leaders skillfully deploy some exceptional coaching up strategies: Noticing — They observe carefully the processes, the people, the interactions, the dynamics. …
Dirt Road
Blog Author: Brittany Williams, CEN Director of Continuing Education “Down on a Dirt road, where things don’t change And everyone still knows your name You’ve got a place to call home, and you’ve got place to hide You’ve got a land you love and a name to be proud of And you’ve got the address to the Good Lord up above There …
DoingPower
Author: Nelson Coulter We all learn, every day, in millions of ways. We learn when we read, when we observe, when we consider, when we discuss, when we listen, when we attend, when we ………. However, nothing matches the learning efficacy of when we DO something. There is sticking power when we actually remodel that room, assemble that tool, plant and grow that …