Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide*. Listener Questions Rajat asked us about the best ways to create management structures in his organization. Cathy wondered how we let things go in moments of personal frustration. Janet asked advice for forming and sustaining business partnership and alliances. Resources Mentioned Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box* by The Arbinger Institute Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't* by Verne Harnish Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business* by Gino Wickman Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself* by Mike Michalowicz Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't* by Jim Collins Related Episodes Three Keys to Effective Business Alliances, with Aaron Kent (episode 162) How to Create Team Guidelines, with Susan Gerke (episode 192) The Truth and Lies of Performance Management, with Michael Bungay Stanier (episode 361) Performance Measurement That Gets Results, with Stacey Barr (episode 419) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.