RWL Newsletter #15
Greetings from colorful Durham!
That's a shot of Goat Island, taken at sunrise, located on the eastern edge of our fair town. As you can see the foliage is nearing peak. Snow could come any time now. Probably it won't, but it wouldn't be the first time if it did!
Even though we're just at the half-way mark of fall semester, I'm already starting to think about next semester. I'll be starting to include some materials that I am considering in this and future newsletters as a result. If you have any ideas, let me know. I'm always looking for cool stuff to share (here and with my students). I'll be teaching OB/Leadership (see read and watch below), and managerial finance.
So here are this week's recommendations:
Read
What: from the WSJ, Why the Best Leaders Want Their Superstar Employees to Leave, by SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-best-leaders-want-their-superstar-employees-to-leave-1475460841
Why: "They weren’t afraid to lose their best people. On the contrary, most willingly unleashed their top performers onto the world, going out of their way to help them land outside opportunities." One of the things I asked my panelists during the Shaping the Future conference was when do you let good people go? I'll be mixing in some talent management concepts into my upcoming course because we don't have an explicit HR course in my program, and this seems to be a good place to do it.
Watch
What: from Ted2016, Brian Little: Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_little_who_are_you_really_the_puzzle_of_personality
Why: Excellent talk from the author of Me, Myself, and Us which I highly recommend. I am a certified to administer the Myers-Briggs personality assessment instrument, but that instrument is based on preference theory. Little is no fan of the Myers-Briggs, even though its associated classification schema is probably at least as well known as astrology signs. I actually like preference theory, but Little writes about trait theory, a different approach to personality. I'm preparing to teach a OB/leadership course next semester and the first part of the course will be dedicated to discussions of identity and personality. My thought is that to lead, you have to understand people at the individual level first. I'm subtitling my course, "One, Two, and Many". Part 1 is a focus on the individual, part 2 will be focused on dyadic (one on one) relationships, and part 3 will be focused on group dynamics. I'm really excited about it. If you are interested, I'd be pleased to share my outline as I work on it - I would love some feedback from the field.
Listen
What: Radiolab - 23 Weeks 6 Days
http://www.radiolab.org/story/288733-23-weeks-6-days/
Why: Powerful story of a couple who endure caring for their "micro-premie" daughter Juniper, born after just 23 weeks - at the cusp of viability. Both parents are journalists, so of course they can tell a story, too. I actually heard Kelley talking about her trade on the Longform Podcast and they mentioned this story in that podcast. Kelley also wrote about the experience in her newspaper.
That's it for this week! Have a great weekend! If you find these links interesting, won’t you tell a friend? They can subscribe here: https://tinyletter.com/markbonica
I' d love to hear what you think of these suggestions, and I'd love to get suggestions from you. Feel free to drop me a line by e-mail, or you can tweet to me at @bonicatalent .
Thanks for reading and see you next week!
Mark
Mark J. Bonica, Ph.D., MBA, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
(603) 862-0598
mark.bonica@unh.edu
Health Leader Forge Podcast: http://healthleaderforge.org
Twitter: @bonicatalent
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau