Author Archives: Ellen Ensher
How to Get a Mentor in 3 Steps in 3 Weeks: First, Know Thyself
Recently, I gave a Tedx talk at Loyola Marymount University about how to get a mentor. The hardest part about doing that talk was distilling 20 years of research and practice down to 15 entertaining minutes. So, this blog is … Continue reading
Tedx Loyola Marymount University: How to Get a Mentor… Ta da!
Ta da! My Tedx talk is posted on YouTube! Watching myself on video is freaky. The experience is a lot like reading one of those Where’s Waldo? books. Do you remember Where’s Waldo? In these books you have to examine … Continue reading
Advice for Graduates and Professionals: “This Too Shall Pass”
What advice can you give to graduates that fits on a chalkboard that past commencement speaker luminaries like Steve Jobs, Sheryl Sandburg and an array of past U.S. Presidents have not already said?! Probably the answer is nothing really! However, … Continue reading
My Five Favorite Blogs and Subscriptions for Spring-Summer 2013
How do you keep up with the news? How do you stimulate your creativity, add an extra kick to your presentations and stay relevant for your career? It’s a challenge. I confess I love the retro feel of a newspaper … Continue reading
What is it REALLY Like to do a Tedx Talk?: 3 Lessons I Learned
For me, doing a Tedx talk was the professional equivalent of what I imagine having a brief crazy affair with a hot young thang is like! Consider the similarities. Doing a Tedx talk was exciting and it was fun to … Continue reading
Confessions of a Recovering LinkedIn Hussy: Key Considerations for Using LinkedIn Effectively
True Confessions: I used to be the girl who could not say no… to LinkedIn requests that is! So I said yes to former high school classmates, random academics from universities I had never heard of in countries I would … Continue reading
What Kind of Leader is Jillian Michaels and What do You Need from Your Leader?
“Unless you faint, puke, or die, keep walking!” exhorts Jillian Michaels to contestants on TV’s Biggest Loser. I confess I have a love-hate feeling about Jillian Michael’s leadership style with her trainees. When I first started watching, I hated her … Continue reading
Boost Your Career by Becoming Your Own Chief Learning Officer
So I was making a teepee for my Native American diorama the other night….. Well, sort of. Time for true confessions- I was actually watching the babysitter help my son make the teepee! I was thinking how grateful I was … Continue reading
Please Don’t Sniff Me In the Elevator!: HR Tip to Avoid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
Yesterday, my colleague sniffed me in the elevator again. Over the past 15 years of teaching at LMU, he has probably sniffed me in the elevator dozens of times. Here’s how it works- He leans way into my personal space … Continue reading
Will Civil Rights for GLBT Employees be the “New Normal?”
Kissing: fun to do and entertaining to watch on TV. After my first week back to teaching I was having a Professor Couch Potato kind of night: TV, red wine, blankie.. .you get the picture. I noticed … Continue reading