As Kellogg United's candidate for President, I am excited for the opportunity to work with you in shaping the Kellogg experience. Over the past six months, the members of Kellogg United contributed significantly to Kellogg by soliciting feedback from students and working in leadership positions to take action. We hope to continue our efforts as the next KSA Exec Comm.
All of our initiatives have one common goal, to strengthen the Kellogg brand. Many initiatives focus on enhancing our daily lives at Kellogg, but what can we do now to become better leaders in the future?
One initiative is to increase the adoption of Leadnet, the 360 feedback tool. Receiving 360 feedback is always a humbling experience for me. The feedback identifies my strengths, areas for development, and ways to improve. Each time, I am reminded that I can become a better team member and leader.
With our focus on transparency, feedback and action, we want to hear from you. What do you think about 360 feedback and Leadnet? Let us know so we can take action.
Warm regards,
Chau
All of our initiatives have one common goal, to strengthen the Kellogg brand. Many initiatives focus on enhancing our daily lives at Kellogg, but what can we do now to become better leaders in the future?
One initiative is to increase the adoption of Leadnet, the 360 feedback tool. Receiving 360 feedback is always a humbling experience for me. The feedback identifies my strengths, areas for development, and ways to improve. Each time, I am reminded that I can become a better team member and leader.
With our focus on transparency, feedback and action, we want to hear from you. What do you think about 360 feedback and Leadnet? Let us know so we can take action.
Warm regards,
Chau
5 comments:
I would like to get LeadNet feedback - I spent an hour this past fall entering information in the hopes of getting feedback myself, but none ever came. I would suggest having professor tie in their group evaluation grades into LeadNet - that would make people take the time to seriously enter information.
Thanks for the feedback John. I'm with you -- I think we need to find ways to institutionalize LeadNet so that it's a useful tool. Any other ideas?
I would like to address the issue of the honor code committee’s proposal on the ballot this week. The committee’s proposal is to reduce the number of committee members need to convict someone of an honor violation from 7 out of 8 to 6 out of 8. This might seem trivial, but it is an inane, self-serving, and counter-productive proposal. The reason suggested is that a) “Decreasing the requirement for a guilty verdict will serve as an increased deterrent to anyone considering violating the Honor Code.” This really insults the intelligence of most Kellogg students. When I have brought it to the attention of peers, they have laughed out loud. No one who is considering cheating on a test or going over the time limit is thinking, “well, now that there is 6 to convict, I have a higher chance of getting convicted.” This is pathetic reasoning that doesn’t stand up to common sense. B) “In previous student panel hearings, some students have received “not guilty” verdicts by close votes despite very compelling evidence to the contrary. By reducing the number of required votes, the Honor Code will better ensure that violators will receive guilty verdicts”
This quote shows the real reason why committee members have decided to flex their very small muscles. They are lowering the burden of proof and increasing the idea of guilty until prove innocence. This statement has upset me and many fellow students. It states that members are mad because others on their own committee disagreed with their decision. Who decides what is very compelling evidence. Why not just leave in the hands of one. This is short sighted and vindictive of what I assume to be one or a few incidents. I think it should actually be 8 out of 8, with members abstaining if they think they have a conflict of interest due to personal feelings. These are serious accusations, and the ruling seems to trivialize that by whining that the majority didn’t get there way because some fellow members were basically stupid.
The basic argument here is that the reasons laid out for the change are either obviously lame or probably personal with no real effort to show how this makes Kellogg or the honor code better. This further exemplifies, along with the pathetic letter from an alumni that the honor code committee thought was a good idea to send around (ironically showing how powerless they were as it took the alumni over 5 years to admit his wrongdoing) the point that the “honor code” is nothing more the empty words. This is unforunatley, and we need to change it by simplifying the language and punishments and making sure the process is judicial with keeping a large super majority vote. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE BY-LAW CHANGE!!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the proposed change to the Honor Code. The Honor Code is an important part of Kellogg and it’s great to see how passionately you feel about this issue. It shows how much students care about the Kellogg experience.
We all agree that Kellogg needs to maintain a strong code of ethics and clearly communicate what the Honor Code represents. According to researchers from Pennsylvania State, Rutgers and Washington State Universities found that 56% of MBA students in their 2006 study said they had cheated at least once in the last year between 2002 and 2004. To continue to promote the Kellogg brand of “socially responsible global leaders”, we need to stress principled leadership which holds business leaders to a higher standard.
Strengthening the Honor Code is one of my initiatives for the next year. At Kellogg, it is crucial to have a strong honor code to keep current practices such as take-home, self-timed exams and implement future ones like flexible finals. It takes strong relationships with the Honor Code Committee and transparency of the process to the extent possible. Going forward, we believe our slate is best positioned to support the Honor Code Committee with this goal.
I have already met with the honor code committe to discuss the changes they propose and encourage everyone that is concerned to visit the Honor Code Committee in the Atrium during lunch on Friday to learn more. Again, thank you for your feedback and thoughts to strengthen the Honor Code at Kellogg. I encourage everyone to continue to be vocal about your concerns so that we, the KSA, can act, in concert with our peers and constituents, on your thoughts.
I agree with Kennith's sentiment and hope you continue to provide your thoughts on these important issues.
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