Completing a Degree

(Cappelli, 2012, p. 48) I have written before about an interview with author, Peter Cappelli, and The Wharton School of Business at Penn...

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What might 2016 hold? Think transport...

The Red Flag Act (Pazyaythu, August 2015) In looking back at my blog posts over 2015, my themes have been: higher education; reflection; ...

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Delivering on the promise of Higher Education

(Cappelli, 2012, p. 44) Following an online discussion on the cost of education, I went hunting to find out what the tuition cost is in...

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Christmas Fix: Removing White Drink Rings from Wood

Who knew there were a couple of easy ways to remove white moisture marks from wood surfaces? As Bonnie McCarthy of Houzz says, the coming...

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LinkedIn and Hubris

(Friedman, 2015) I was reading a piece by a colleague of mine from the Collaborative Career Conversations group - Kelly Mitchell - a few...

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Graceful Disagreement

I was reading a post on a recent conference by Debsnet - aka the édu flâneuse - when she said " scholars brought diverse perspectives...

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Authentic Leaders and Followers

There are many leadership styles, and, amongst modern leadership theory - or transformational leadership theory - in the relational leader...

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Fixed Mind vs Growth Mind

(Winkler, 2014) Stanford University professor Carol Dweck has identified the growth mindset as being one where efforts are praised in ...

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Keep a blogroll post always at the top

My website is based on a Blogger Blog, and the tools I use to create and maintain my website is all based on shared code that the Google B...

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The Family Francis: writers of racing mysteries

I have always loved a good mystery book, with the first adult novel that I recall being an Agatha Christie, at around age 10. Dick Franc...

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Daniel Silva: creator of Gabriel Allon

I thought it was time to write about Daniel Silva and the pleasure that he has given me with his writing. I seriously love Mr Silva'...

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How I lost my heart to Albert

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/ I have been taking Dr Inger Mewburn's MOOC on dealing with the emotions that arise when doi...

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Academic Dishonesty

I have a student whom I know has cheated on their final report. This student has obviously purchased their assignment - sub-contracted the...

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750 Words

Having completed Dr Inger Mewburn's MOOC, How to Survive Your PhD, recently, I am currently working through all the links and tips I h...

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NZ's Institute of Director's LinkedIn Group

Felicity Caird, the Exec of New Zealand's Institute of Director's Governance Leadership Centre, posted an interesting article link...

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Want Growth? Only Praise for Hard Work

Professor Carol Dweck is interested in what influences us. As a teacher, she has got interested in what happens in the brains of children,...

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