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Project Management and Passover: A lesson in letting go

Written By Dr. Rebecca Cory Project management can be one of the greater challenges we encounter as leaders. Keeping multiple aspects of a project going at once, coordinating their completion and integration and pulling it all together into one comprehensive deliverable can be a challenge and exhausting. One of the challenges for leaders is to…
Enactus Team Takes Third at National Exposition

After months of practice and hard work, City University of Seattle’s Enactus team took third place at the National Exposition in Cincinnati last weekend! With 35 members from 15 different countries, the team send a smaller contingent to Ohio, and blended talent and insight on their way to the third place trophy. They were one of…
A Chess Board, a Pawn, a Transformation

by Grace Jackson The Pawn: Weak or Strong? In the game of chess, the pawn is often considered to be the weakest piece on the board. Smallest in size and stature, and lowest in value materially, the pawn is worth only one point. The Arabic word for pawn is baidaq, meaning foot soldier, and, like…
Student Profile: Harriet Richardson, MBA

Harriet Richardson, a graduate of CityU’s MBA program, is poised to become the City Auditor of Palo Alto, CA. Harriet, who earned a BS in Accounting and an MBA in Financial Management from CityU, served as a Principal Management Auditor for the King County Auditors Office from 1990-2002, and more recently spent time as the…
Nancy Pfaff: A Discussion on Teaching with Gaming

On Thursday, April 17th, CityU faculty Nancy Pfaff will be presenting her unique approach to teaching mathematics through gaming at the Lake Washington School District Resource Center. Nancy, a winner of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, has had her approach to education covered by the Seattle Times and has seen outstanding returns on student engagement with this methodology. In…
What I learned about Teamwork and Leadership by Raising Chickens

by Dr. Rebecca Cory I have four backyard chickens. We got two of them, Nugget and General Tso, two summers ago, and added Casserole and Stir-Fry to the flock last summer. Observing these birds has taught me a lot about teamwork and leadership. Know your place in the Pecking Order The term “pecking order” comes…
CityU Faculty Presenting at AMHCA Conference

Earlier this year, we told you about Associate Professor Dr. Ellen Carruth’s work on “Finding Their Voice,” an exploratory investigation on the impact of state budget cuts on mental health service providers. Now, Ellen will be presenting on the project at the annual American Mental Health Counselors Association Conference, held this year in Seattle on July…
The Dark Side of Leadership

Anyone who has seen Star Wars remembers Yoda’s persistent warnings: “But, beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they…” Young kids – and adults, too – are intrigued by this “dark side” phenomenon. Yet, as we become more self-aware, we also begin to recognize that we all have “dark side” tendencies.Interested in the pervasiveness of…
Creating a Work Environment without a Need to Go Over the Boss’s Head

– By Dr. Arron Grow A career advice columnist recently asked me if I felt an employee should ever go over their boss’s head? The author was thinking of examples such as an employee having a product idea that the boss ‘didn’t get’ or if a team member has a strategy for landing a new…