American scholar, organizational consultant, and author Warren Bennis, who is widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies, identified four competencies of leadership in a classic 1984 essay. They are: Management of attention Management of meaning Management of trust Management of self To my knowledge, the late Dr Bennis never argued…
At this time last season, making the NCAA Tournament was the goal of Notre Dame basketball fans. The Irish had a rare losing 2013-14 season. Jerian Grant was back and playing very well, but the team was just starting to play to his extraordinary skills. There was a nice overtime victory at home vs Michigan…
Nine games into the 2015-16 basketball season with a 7-2 record, I still don’t know what kind of a season to expect. The losses aren’t egregiously bad, but both were winnable games that slipped through Notre Dame’s fingers when they had chances to win. It’s hard to tell if this is simply last year’s team…
Before the Fighting Irish tip off the season opener in Purcell Pavilion on Friday, the 2015 ACC Championship banner will be unfurled. It will be the last chance to cherish the postseason run of what arguably has become Notre Dame’s most beloved basketball team, a tough and competitive group that was likable at every step…
Three weeks ago, I documented the Notre Dame basketball team’s progress over the course of the season within the construct of Bruce Tuckman’s stages of team development. You will recall that Tuckman, a professor of psychology at Ohio State, identified a model for the stages of team development and successful leader behaviors for each. His…