Supporting Tough, Unpopular Decisions
In my post yesterday I asked the question: How do you make tough, unpopular decisions? My question today is just like it, […]
Tag: hard conversations
Tough, Unpopular Decisions
How do you make tough, unpopular decisions?
You know what I’m talking about… those decisions that no one wants to make.
We don’t often go looking for them…
But from time to time they find us.
And it always seems as though there’s something significant hanging in the balance.
It’s never easy.
Or fun.
Helping Students Take Steps of Faith
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What Message Are We Sending Our Female Students?
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Bad Leaders Blame Others
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College Stress: What College Ministers Should Know about Student Depression
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Room for Doubt(ers)
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Setting the Table
If you had the chance to communicate one message to incoming students — 2 months before their arrival — what would it be?
We are in the midst of our summer orientation here at BU. It’s probably not too different from what happens on most other campuses around the country that practice this same methodology of “introducing” new students to campus.
Is Graduation Really the End?
They’re done, but not gone. They’re college graduates — prepared and equipped to go out and make a difference in the world […]
Have We Done All We Could?
It’s graduation season! The time of the year when we send our graduates off into the world to live out their dreams, […]