LMX Theory and Me

As many of you know, leadership development is a thing I use frequently in my position at Michigan State and in my field and in many of my volunteer roles. So I sit in theories and models all the time. Over the last few months I’ve been on a journey of reflecting on my style,

#ATTI80: The Final Theory

WOW! Crazy to think that #ATTI80 is now over!!! Over the past 80 days I’ve broken down 8 theories, gone through 13 dry erase markers, 1 container of Clorox wipes, utilized 2 whiteboards and, to close us out, have created 1 theory. Yes, I’ve created theory, so let those pigs fly! Now, this has been percolating in

#ATTI80: Schlossberg

Hello! After coming off of a full week of celebrating the BFF’s wedding, we return to another edition of #ATTI80! This week we’re doodling about Schlossberg’s Transition Theory! I thought about it after reading this great #SAChat post: Schloss It Out! Putting Theory into Personal Practice for New #SACareer Pros. So to start, as always, some

#ATTI80: Chickering

We all know Chickering. It’s probably one of the first theories we all learn and want to use in grad school. So I figured it was time that I threw him up on my whiteboard and see how I visually break it down. But as always, let’s start with a little background. 🙂 Chickering first

#ATTI80: Baxter Magolda

Well, last week was quite an emotional and busy week, so I had to take a break from the #ATTI80 Journey to process Orlando and also celebrate my fraternity brother’s wedding. However, I’m back at it, and this week we have the ever fabulous Theory of Self Authorship by Marcia Baxter Magolda! So as it is

#ATTI80: Bronfenbrenner

So to continue the theory travels I checked out Bronfenbrenner this week.Now, as I mentioned in the kickoff post of the #ATTI80 Project, this is just my personal analysis and application of theory for me, and I believe that we each should do theory and application as we see and understand it best. But hopefully it helps

Around the Theory in 80 Days (#ATTI80)

So I’ve struggled with theory. That’s no secret. But a goal for this summer is to try to get beyond my struggle. So I’m going to share my processing of theory with you. Now, my plan is for every couple of days to take a theory, a model, a concept, etc. that I believe will help

My Leadership Metaphor

So I have this metaphor for leadership…lol. Bare with me, it’s from my mind so it might be sort of…cray cray. lol It came about when I saw a post on Facebook of a friend trying to explain the proper use of chopsticks to another mutual friend. Now, for some reason it got me thinking