Mentoring Month

This morning, I received two emails from two different organizations that talked about mentoring, including one that talked about an online discussion tomorrow and one that mentioned National Mentoring Month. I wasn't aware that there was a National Mentoring Month, so I Googled it to see what came up. I've been (and am still) involved in …

The joys and benefits of volunteering

This afternoon, I took part in an STC panel discussion about volunteering -- how to volunteer, where opportunities exist, and so on. (A recording of the webinar will be made available; once it is, I'll post a link to it.) Those of you who know me well know how involved I've been with volunteering. To …

You don’t have to be in a management position to be a leader

For years, I used to think that in order for me to become a leader, I would need to land a management position of some type. Indeed, for a long time, our culture taught us that you needed to obtain some kind of leadership or management position in order to be a leader. So I …