Executive Coaching for Academics

David E Goldberg and ThreeJoy

It's called "3 Reasons for The Coming Revolution in Executive Coaching For Academics" and it discusses how changes in universities and colleges are accelerating the use of coaches for more and more academic leaders and faculty. I hope you'll take a quick look at it and perhaps pass it along to a friend, teacher, or colleague who might be able to use it.  .... " 

Transforming Higher Education

Correspondent David E Goldberg writes:

" ... Transforming higher education is often thought of as simply the introduction and administration of new content, curriculum, and pedagogy, and this approach worked following World War 2 and into the opening moments of the 21st century. But the democratization of information challenges the very idea of the university as an assembly of experts, and transforming higher education today requires a deep appreciation of the cultural changes educational institutions must make as well as the emotional changes required of both faculty and students. The old ways of changing leave us with institutions and an educational experience that are not very much different from the old ways of teaching and researching.

ThreeJoy® has pioneered a method for transforming higher education—the SmoothChange™ methodology—appropriate to our times, a method that has been tested in North & South America, Asia, and Europe, a method that can bring about effective change, smoothly, with respect for faculty governance, and in a cost and time effective manner.  Read the whitepaper to find out more, and then contact ThreeJoy® to learn how these methods can work for you and your institution.   ... "

More and whitepaper link.

When they Say No

A post from Beverly Jones, via ThreeJoy on what to do about professional rejection.   What to do when they say no.  This is rarely discussed, but it is inevitable, so worth thinking about.  See also her blog

Intrinsic Motivation

The ThreeJoy site points us to Dan Pink's " ... RSA Animate video from his bestseller Drive is a terrific way into the potential for intrinsic motivation in engineering education transformation ... " .  Had missed this  but worth  watching.  Via David E Goldberg.  " ... Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself, and exists within the individual rather than relying on any external pressure ... " 

ThreeJoy

Via David E Goldberg    Who we worked with in the enterprise on genetic algorithm methods.

ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. is a leadership coaching firm and change consultancy established to serve individual and organizational clients in higher education to help them grow and develop to better align with the creativity imperative of the 21st century.... " .

See their blog.