August 22, 2018 |
Decision Making, Ethics, Personal Growth, Values
by Mike Dilbeck, Founder and Executive Producer of DignityU To even begin answering this question, we must first ask, “What is dignity, anyway?” Dignity is one of those words that is thrown around quite a bit but very few actually know what it means. To be honest, I didn’t know before I started to explore it […]
September 19, 2017 |
Confrontation Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Hazing, Recruitment, Values
By: David Stollman, CAMPUSPEAK President & Speaker Nobody talks about it, but anyone that truly cares about their organization has thought of quitting. It might be a fleeting thought, but it is there. Don’t feel guilty about it. It is a natural part of caring as much as you do. You’re reading this because you’re a […]
August 8, 2017 |
Alumni Relations, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Values
As the school year begins, we place a lot of high expectations on ourselves. As great as it is to go into the year with goals, we have to be careful that those goals don’t turn into a competition with our peers. If we’re not careful, we’ll end up sizing ourselves up next to our […]
February 8, 2017 |
Leadership, Organizational Success, Values
“Love is patient, and love is kind…” or so the story is told. There is a moment when you think about your personal love, and sometimes it leads to warm fuzzy moments or cold realities of the bad decisions you have made in your lifetime. We often find ourselves waiting for someone […]
January 10, 2017 |
Confrontation Skills, Fraternity & Sorority Community Evaluation, Recruitment, Values
It is strange that a show like Saturday Night Live’s success comes from removing “drama,” but it’s true! To understand why, let’s first talk about belonging, psychological safety and authenticity. Belonging. My friends Gentry and Josh over at Dyad Strategies told me a lot about belonging that I already knew. Good research can uncover […]
January 9, 2017 |
Ethics, Legal Issues, Motivation & Inspiration, Risk Management, Values
As I have discovered, practicing law can be an all-encompassing profession. The law literally affects everything around us. It naturally follows, then, that I often use the law to make larger points about life. With the foregoing in mind, here are a few ways that the law imitates life. Passion Makes for a […]
October 11, 2016 |
Ethics, Legal Issues, Motivation & Inspiration, Risk Management, Values
If you were walking down the street, and you saw someone lying on the ground in obvious distress that you did not cause, would you help that person? As an attorney, I am often presented with the question of whether something being contemplated is “legal.” The definition of legal is “something that is permitted by […]
