Identifying Your Boundaries For Success With EWU’s Catherine Walker & Wichita State’s Sarah Adams

Summary

• - As a senior leader in your department, how do you manage to do multiple tasks and take on multiple duties at a high level all of the time?
• - When you're in a role that includes managing people, how do you prioritize your tasks and duties?
• - Everything can't be important and urgent at the same time at all times; how do you navigate and prioritize your workload?
• - When you're in a leadership role and expected to be "on," how do you manage exhaustion? How do you mitigate burnout?
• - Do you ever think "I didn't handle that conversation or person in the best way"? 
• - Catherine, how do you mitigate exhaustion?
• - When in your career did you begin developing a "leadership philosophy" and where has it evolved to now?
• - What about for you Sarah? 
• - Give us more detail about how this philosophy has evolved for you.
• - Hypothetically, how would you manage an assistant coach who wanted to be a head coach but was better suited to staying in a supporting role?
• - How do you evaluate decisions - yours or others - when in a leadership role?
• - Do you value having someone who comes in with a different opinion than you?
• - Have you found yourself in a situation where you don't agree with the decisions being made by other staff members?
• - Have you developed an evaluation process for decisions?
• - How do you reflect on the decision-making process, especially when the ultimate decision is not one you would have chosen?
• - Do you feel a constant drive to do more for the organization in your position?
• - Sarah, how do you figure out if you're doing enough to help the organization be successful?
• - What advice do you have for the young professionals who look up to you?
• - What about you, Catherine?