Egoship. I doubt that I coined the term, but I did think of it independently. It’s been popping into my head for a number of years now as I read stories of astronomical pay packages for business leaders.
It didn’t take a business guru to start noticing that along with those salaries seemed to come an ermine cloak, although some were sable and others only mink, and the egos that went with them.
And considering what’s happening, things aren’t changing as much as you’d think—or like.
“Six top money managers of Harvard University’s endowment, which has lost $8.1 billion since the summer, …read more

Starting last June a college professor, who goes by CandidProf, has been writing a series of posts based on his first hand experiences with students and administrators.
Recently I was asked why I included them in Leadership Turn; it isn’t an education blog and what exactly did the topic have to do with leadership. To be honest the question floored me.
The only thing I can think of that has more to do with leadership than education is parenting.
Both require serious leadership skills, but beyond that their focus, kids, are leadership’s future.
CP is on hiatus for now, but that doesn’t reduce …read more