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Mugged by 360o Feedback Frank Wagner, PhD Have you ever been assailed by a gang on the street? Feedback from all sides, in the form of 360o feedback, can feel akin to such a confrontation. Surrounded on the street, the more vocal assailants seem downright combative. Other gang members appear […]
The Power of the Badge A DEA officer stops at a ranch in Montana, and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, ‘I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.’ The old rancher says, ‘Okay, but do not go in that field over there’ as he […]
Since Shirley’s passing last month I have done a lot of reflecting on her influence on my professional life. Long before I ever met Shirley, in the 80s, I was using her work, and that of Gene Hall, as a principal and as a staff developer. I taught Concerns-Based Adoption […]
