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Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide.

Listener Questions

• Michael asked about what you do when you have a follower who has leadership potential but is reluctant to step into leadership shoes.
• Steve asked for suggestions on how to get communication out to a team when email isn’t an option.
• Michal asked about transitioning military leadership experience to a position in the private sector.
• Ricard asked about the discomfort of feeling like you don’t know it all when you’re new in a role.

Resources Mentioned

• Radical Candor* by Kim Scott
• The Servant as Leader* by by Robert Greenleaf
• Scaling Up : How a Few Companies Make It … and Why the Rest Don’t* by Verne Harnish
• The 4 Disciplines of Execution* by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling
• Past Coaching for Leaders episodes on feedback
• Turn the Ship Around!* by David Marquet
• How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile … And 18 Mistakes to Avoid* by Brenda Bernstein

Related Episodes

• The Power Of Servant Leadership, with John Dickson (episode 137)
• Where To Start With Succession Planning, with Bill Bliss (episode 153)
• The Way to Turn Followers Into Leaders, with David Marquet (episode 241)
• How to Support Veterans in Your Workplace, with Eugenia Weiss (episode 280)
• How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile, with Brenda Bernstein (episode 285)

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