Personal Development
The Rewards of Being Lost
As I entered the darkened theater, a young adolescent Gretel approached me with a question, “Have you ever been lost?” “Yes,” I responded, “I’ve been lost before.” “How old were you when you were lost?” she inquired. “I was twelve.” And then this adolescent Gretel handed me a pebble and...
Looking Forward: Leading Beyond Your Lifetime
I recently travelled to Italy with two professors and twenty-four undergraduate students. We visited art museums, learned about Renaissance and Roman architecture in Venice, Florence, and Rome, and ate some amazing food. This was my first trip to Italy. I hope that it’s not my last. I learned a lot...
Civil Disobedience
Some rules are made to be broken—or at least tested. During the last 200 yards of a state cross-country meet, a first year student from my hometown high school stumbled, apparently due to complete exhaustion. It didn’t look like she could finish the race as her arms and legs wouldn’t...
Stand Up Against Violence
“Stand Up Against Violence” is a service video created by the University of Dubuque as part of our new student orientation program. We live in an increasingly violent culture and world, and college campuses are no exception. This video reminds our campus community that, together, we’re about helping our students...
Change As the New Normal: TEDxDubuque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMdLUmb3WE As President of the University of Dubuque, Dr. Bullock believes that making connections is the head, heart and soul of the University’s unique educational experience. In his TEDxDubuque talk, Dr. Bullock asks the question, what do we really mean by the word connections? Is it networking? Is it relationship...
Truthfulness and Integrity
For me, that little something extra is integrity, which is the quality of being honest and morally upright. Being a person of integrity is something that is learned and earned, and not innate to any one individual.
The Big Picture
If they get bogged down in the wrong kind of decisions, these leaders don’t have the knowledge and intellectual support to make the bigger decisions that, ultimately, impact the performance of their organization for years to come.
The Discipline of Listening
Leaders must be comfortable in their own skins, to be sure, but they understand that they are on a journey where they are not required to be “the smartest person in the room.” In fact, good leaders in this paradigm understand that focused listening to what is being said and,...
The Discipline of Kindness
My wife and I have three sons, two of whom are teenagers. I’m pretty sure that they love each other, but I suspect that affection is more often displayed if they happen to be home alone at night and are frightened by a strange sound in our attic than when...
Leadership Matters for a Changing World: Journey
We have come through a period of history where leaders are often rewarded for driving an organization to a point of final destination. In this “leadership as destination” model, organizations have been “built to last,” and a lot of thought and effort has been invested in preparing the organization to...
