Author Archives: josephwharff

I will have to admit, my pride was being negatively affected by the scores  I received on my papers. When others in the class told me they received 9.5′s and 9.75′s, and I barely broke an eight, I was starting to wonder if this writing thing was something I could grasp. After some feedback yesterday I [...]
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I am sruggling a bit with the professional writing. I never thought that I would have to lessen my amount of writing. But I find myself being too wordy and it is hard to take out information. Succint, scholarly writing is an art. In my current position I thought I had succint writing to a science. [...]
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How many “absolute” leaders are there? Aren’t we all followers to some extent? I am not in the military but I was a part of a training a couple years ago that stressed followership. It was really an ah-ha moment for me. Doesn’t it make sense that to be an effective leader you have to [...]
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It’s interestiing when you take a deep look into your past and start figuring out why you are who you are, and how all that you’ve learned now shapes your leadership style. I have worked with all types of leaders. The dictators, the passives, the hands-off, and the micro-managers. Each have their own unique postive [...]
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I am getting used to the new technology and realize that I must fight through the urge to discount it as useless and embrace the idea of a new form of communication. Blogging is new to me! I am a bit old school but slowly changing for the better. I lke structure and having my responsibilities [...]
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Interesting activities in the Ed.D program. ISTJ. Different than last time (INFJ). Am I getting older, more conservative, or just more comfortable in my shoes.
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It’s going to be tough. Family, work, school. Three years. Excited but nervous. Seems like a good group. Good variety, chemistry, diversity. Confused on the electronic research but I imagine it will be a sink or swim type thing that will come eventually. Blog is new to me. Another good idea and one where I [...]
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My first blog
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Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are some suggestions for your first post. You can find new ideas for what to blog about by [...]
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