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  • Pat Tillman Foundation Scholars 2021 Essays

    Last year I applied to Pat Tillman Scholars program. It was the last time I would apply since I am no longer eligible. It’s not the first scholarship I applied to (and certainly not the last) that I’d be rejected from. However, I think it is important to recognize that rejection happens and it happens…

  • Queering leadership: leadership narratives as stories of self-commodification

    Recently, I was invited to contribute my research about how Naval Officers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender talk about their leadership performance through “sea-stories.” The book, which centers on Queer Linguistics as an approach, really forced me to re-examine my analysis through a Queer Theory and Queer Linguistics lens. The chapter will…

  • Key sites of engagement – Delegating work as a leader

    The past few days, I’ve been thinking about “key sites of engagement” where a leader identity emerges (someone acts like a leader). And recently, I came across an article from the Harvard Business Review that a LinkedIn connection shared, titled “8 Ways Leaders Delegate Successfully”. The authors cited a few studies evidencing the importance of…

  • When the communicative style misrepresents the message

    In a truly diverse workplace that “embraces” inclusion, are we actually communicating effectively with our diverse audiences? This week I attended the Washington DC Student Veterans of America (SVA) Summit because I recently joined (was hired by) the Georgetown University Veterans Office team as the graduate assistant. While I don’t play a leadership role in…

  • Bridging the gap between cultural values and cultural practice with linguistic awareness

    Earlier this week, I attended the second day of the Service Academies Global Summit. Throughout the plenary sessions and the panel discussions, I observed a common theme, the need for more diversity and the importance of communication (or language) in today’s leadership. I was particularly interested in the plenary session about developing leaders at the…

  • Do shared values influence trust? And is trust important in leadership?

    I think the short answer-response is “sometimes” and it depends on the environment and context where one does leadership. But also, what exactly is trust? And what are values? Rouseau et al. (1998) define trust as the “psychological state comprising the intention to accept vulnerability based upon positive expectations of the intentions or behavior of…