by Rena Seltzer | Dec 17, 2018 | Work-Life Balance
On December 25, 2017, I was sitting at my parents’ dining room table with a huge stack of holiday cards. My dad was in charge of stamps and sealing envelopes. Despite her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, my mom was handling the return address labels, every so often...
by Rena Seltzer | Jul 22, 2018 | Leadership, Mentoring & Coaching
If your academic role includes overseeing students, postdocs, colleagues, or staff, chances are that you were thrown into the supervisory role without much training. Would you like your people to accomplish more and lean on you less? Coaching techniques offer a...
by Rena Seltzer | Nov 21, 2017 | Time Management, Writing Tips
Finding time for writing and bringing a more positive mindset to the process are central topics in my work with clients. Two recent books offer new perspectives that I found refreshing. Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write by Helen...
by Rena Seltzer | Aug 31, 2017 | Leadership, Mentoring & Coaching
Last winter I created a new workshop to teach faculty members how to incorporate coaching tools into their mentoring relationships. As a coach, listening was the first skill I needed to master. Even with a question as simple as “How was your vacation?” the quality of...
by Rena Seltzer | Jan 17, 2017 | Authority & Influence
Often academics are so focused on what they have to say, that they forget to think about how they say it. When professors practice introductions in my workshop on speaking with authority, it becomes clear that small tweaks go a long way in how a person comes across....
