Books, Book Chapters, Articles, Essays, and other Texts We will be Drawing On for an Analysis of Leadership Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About the Hardest Things: Building a Business when there are no Easy Answers. HarperCollins, Lt., New York, New York, 2014.Bill George and Peter Sims, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. John Wiley …
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I have been preparing to teach a course on leadership. I am also a Ted junkie. David Brooks has a wonderful Ted talk he gives on the amount of time we spend on resume virtues - skills, competencies, potential, intelligence - stuff we bring to the marketplace vs eulogy virtues - deeper more fundamental qualities …
http://youtu.be/bmfLHf6DlCg When you articulate a long term vision that is inspirational you never know what positive things will happen. In my experience if you make people part of its creation they will embrace it and own it and the collective power of human minds will lead to the blooming of a thousand new flowers.
http://youtu.be/GN8Zh9jQEgA Institutions struggle to clarify for students the distinctive nature of the experience they offer. Their messages can fail to capture an understandable brand and differentiation. If so how do students understand the value added of one institution over another. In a highly competitive and complex environment, delivering on the promise of the experience one …
http://youtu.be/zHrYINz8iAU In this video I discuss "THE WISE ONES." Senior faculty and others who led the creation of the "Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging In Active Learning Academic Program" for Hendrix. They kept us true to our values in the liberal arts and sciences, provided diplomacy, envisioned the details, and moved the process along through sometimes …
http://youtu.be/U7WgJjz38wA In this video I try to capture some of The Struggle entailed in being in a Leadership Position. Making choices between two bad alternatives is not fun and people second guess often because they do not know the complexity of the facts. A new book by Ben Horowitz does a great job of telling …
Ben Horowitz has written one of the most honest, powerful, and enlightening books on what it is like and the skills required to be a successful CEO. We know Horowitz: Founder and CEO of Opsware or Loudcloud which he sold to HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion. Then of course his venture capital firm bet …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbVxMN4-vg In this video I discuss some of the experiences I had growing up that have shaped the way I approach working in teams and leading projects. Time did not allow for me to discuss the influence of my high school, Dupont, friends in Hermitage and Old Hickory TN., United Methodist Churches in Nashville, and …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-TXGl589w In this video I explain the strategy we used to raise our price dramatically and then to give back a significant amount to families in discounts. Why this was critical to do for Hendrix. How many families do not know how to judge the complex aid and scholarship packages their student is offered. Why …
Media ReleaseHendrix College - The portrait was painted by Ming Qin for Portraits, Inc. and will hang in Mills Social Sciences Center alongside the official portraits of former Hendrix leaders.Dr. Cloyd became the 10th President of Hendrix in October 2001 after serving as Vice President for College Relations and Development for five years. Cloyd, a Professor …
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Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd 