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Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

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

Question from Nancy

I am in a situation myself right now where I was promoted awhile back as it stands right now. I manager a team, but I don’t have salary discussions or assessments with them.

My manager has said he is willing to give me the mandate I want and to form the role together with me. This is flattering and scary at the same time. My longterm goal is to become a director.

Now I am thinking, perhaps I should ask for the responsibility of having the assessments and salary discussions with the team? I am thinking it might be a good step towards my longterm goal. If you have any wise advice I would appreciate your input. I am a little lost.

Audio Question from Jeff

• Dave mentioned episode #190: How to Improve Your Coaching Skills with Tom Henschel
• Dave mentioned Dale Carnegie’s book How to Win Friends and Influence People*
• Bonni mentioned Peter Block’s book Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used*
• Dave mentioned his past article, 8 Ways to Influence Without Authority

Question from Tyler

I read in a Forbes article that 89 of the Fortune 100 companies are now using MBTI to help match employees to roles. My company does not presently use this, but I have done some work on it with my team. Actually, a personal interest and goal of mine would be to eventually become a trainer in this subject, both for MBTI and DiSC. Do you know anyone who works with these and how I might network or “mentee” with someone who does this?

• We mentioned the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) by CPP
• Radiance House has fabulous publications for MBTI work
• Susan Gerke is a resource for MBTI work
• Doug McRae is a resource for DiSC work

Audio Question from Nathaniel

“Advice just doesn’t work unless it’s asked for.” -Bonni Stachowiak

• Bonni mentioned Pinboard (Dave’s library)
• Bonni mentioned OmniFocus for managing tasks
• Bonni mentioned TextExpander for automating common keyboard entries

Question from Josep