Leadership Exchange - Summer 2011

Summer
housing at
Vaughn College
is limited, so
apply today!

Affordable student housing–minutes from Manhattan–can be yours.

Just a quick bus or subway ride from the heart of Manhattan, Vaughn’s recently built residence hall is complete with 24-hour security, your choice of two- or four-person furnished suites with semi-private bath and common laundry, kitchen and study areas. For as little as $45/day, pursuing your education– and exploring spectacular New York City–is convenient and affordable!

Students not attending Vaughn College may obtain housing on our campus from May 23 to August 26, 2011.

New Rules of Open
Leadership

Open leadership focuses on relationships, and oppor- tunities lie within these relationships. The key for today’s leader is to find a balance between control and openness. New rules of open leadership include the following:

Respect that your clients and staff members have power. Once you accept this as true, you can begin to have a real, more equal relationship with them.

Share constantly to build trust. Trust is typically formed when people do what they say they will do. In today’s increasingly virtual, engaged environments, trust also comes from the daily patter of conversations. The repeated successful interchange of people sharing their thoughts, activities, and concerns results in relationships.

Nurture curiosity and humility. Express curiosity about what others are doing and why something is important to them. That curiosity keeps shared discussions grounded and focused on what other people want to hear balanced with what you want to say. The natural outgrowth of curiosity is humility, which gives you the intellectual integrity to acknowledge that you still have a lot to learn and also to admit when you are wrong.

Hold openness accountable. In relationships, accountability is a two-way street: It clarifies the expectations in the relationship as well as the consequences if they are not met. If your project or service causes someone problems, apologize and figure out how to resolve the problem.