Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide*.

We all want to be right, but of course we are sometimes wrong. The advice from Dale Carnegie almost a century ago is as good today as it's ever been.

Dale Carnegie said almost 100 years ago in How To Win Friends and Influence People, “When you’re wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.”

Four truths:

My truth

Your truth

Our shared truth

The actual truth

Three benefits you get from admitting you are wrong:

You advance immediate progress on organizational goals

You drive future innovation and creativity

You inspire people to move forward

The best marriages are not without conflict. The best teams and leaders and not without error.

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