by Eddie Thompson | Jun 10, 2025 | Charitable Estate Planning, Professional Development
In 1981, I earned my Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt University. For my dissertation, I researched the thirteen best universities in the United States in regard to fundraising, as well as thirteen average universities. My goal was to uncover...
by Eddie Thompson | May 6, 2025 | Professional Development
I have never felt so compelled to write a blog until this one. I hope you’ll take the time to read it. In February, I attended the funeral of Dr. Milton Tucker. I doubt you know Dr. Tucker, who taught biology for 40 years at Freed-Hardeman University. I want to share...
by Eddie Thompson | Mar 25, 2025 | Development Management, Professional Development
Change is an inevitable part of business, but it is not always beneficial to organizational performance, to staff productivity, or the community. While change can prevent companies from becoming obsolete and irrelevant, the shift to a new way of operating often comes...
by Eddie Thompson | Feb 27, 2025 | Development Management, Professional Development
A brief historical survey reveals several narratives about the origin and applications of the term “benchmarking.” Some associate the word with rapid deployment of military forces, with the assembly line for automobiles, or with various management processes. However,...
by Eddie Thompson | Aug 30, 2024 | Development Management, Professional Development
While my last post referred to the “building blocks” of an integrated growth system, another useful metaphor could be the machinery of a system, a collection of different-sized gears that work together—like a clock. Large gears rotate slowly (the hour hand, for...
by Eddie Thompson | Jul 16, 2024 | Development Management, Professional Development
In the March-April 2024 issue of Harvard Business Review, Paul Blasé and Paul Leinwand published an article on the challenges of maintaining consistent growth utilizing their expertise as seasoned executives and successful advisors to other executives at...
