Take Action to Develop as a Leader – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, writing this blog during my college internship at ILI. In this post, we will take the next step in the innovative leadership development process: taking action. This post will discuss how to start effectively and mitigate any potential barriers. Start Effectively First, you must believe you can accomplish your short-term milestones. If […]

Plan Your Career Development Journey Reflection Questions – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my college internship at ILI. In my last post, we analyzed in-depth our short-term goals to help reach our next career milestones and discovered effective time management techniques. Now, we will fine-tune our short-term goals by answering specific reflection questions. In accordance with the […]

Plan Your Career Development Journey Part 2 – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, writing this blog during my college internship at ILI. In the last post, we discussed identifying a skill/behavior that you would like to improve to help you reach your next career milestone, with the understanding that our long-term life goals comprise a series of short-term goals. In this post, you’ll identify the […]

Plan Your Career Development Journey – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my college internship at Metcalf & Associates. I just completed the reflection questions associated with identifying my strengths and opportunities. It is now time to move to plan our journeys understanding that our overall life goals will be achieved by accomplishing many short-term goals. This […]

Reflecting on Your Strengths and Weaknesses – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my college internship at ILI. I recently completed a series of assessments and the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis.  As usual, I like to finish each topic with some reflection questions. The “What do I believe” quadrant represents intentions, and “What do […]

Analyze Strengths and Weaknesses – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my college internship at ILI. I recently completed a series of assessments and will now analyze the information. Gather what you’ve learned about yourself into the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis tool. This is a great tool that you can use at […]

Assessing your Strengths – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my college internship at ILI. Now that you’ve created a compelling future vision, it is time to move to the next step in becoming an innovative leader and successful college student – analyzing your situation and strengths. In this section, you will take several […]

Reflecting on Personal Vision – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my college internship at ILI. During the past three posts, I completed exercises to help me define my vision and values. Reflection Questions After each of the six steps in the innovative leadership development process, I’ll provide some helpful reflection questions. If you can […]

Defining Vision Based Actions for College Students – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my summer internship at ILI, a leadership and management consulting firm. I am entering my final fall semester at T­he Ohio State University, majoring in Strategic Communication. I like marketing and plan to attend business school in a few years. I’m also on the […]

Defining Personal Values For College Students – Eric’s Story

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my summer internship at Metcalf & Associates, a leadership and management consulting firm. I am entering my final semester at T­he Ohio State University in the fall, majoring in Strategic Communication. I like marketing, and I plan to go to business school in a […]

Meet Eric, College Student Blog Series – Defining Your Vision

I’m Eric Philippou, and I’m writing this blog as part of my summer internship at ILI, a leadership and management consulting firm. I am entering my final fall semester at T­he Ohio State University, majoring in Strategic Communication. I like marketing and plan to attend business school in a few years. I’m also on the […]

Innovative Leadership Fieldbook Reviewed by Harvard Professor, Jim Ritchie-Duham

Maureen Metcalf & Mark Palmer. . Innovative Leadership Fieldbook. Tucson, AZ: Integral Publishers.  Reviewed by James L. Ritchie-Dunham What is interesting about this book?  One of my favorite papers on “interesting” suggests that showing what seems to be complicated and disparate is actually straightforward and connected is interesting (Davis, 1971).  The world of leadership development […]