Designing approaches to meet current and future strategic needs is where higher education consulting is most beneficial. By partnering with experienced consultants, educational institutions can navigate challenges and leverage opportunities for sustainable growth while staying true to their mission and values.
Read MoreFrom adopting new technologies to changing student demographics, the requirements and expectations of higher education are in constant flux. Navigating these challenges requires a strategic approach, and this is where higher education consulting comes into play. These consultants offer expertise, insights, and strategies to help institutions adapt, grow, and thrive in this dynamic environment.
Read MoreThis blog delves into different leadership styles and their impact on university leadership. We’ll explore the qualities of effective leaders who navigate the challenges of academic institutions while creating a supportive and thriving community. Understanding these leadership approaches equips current and aspiring leaders with valuable insights and strategies to lead confidently.
Read MoreAs business leaders, we must help managers put on their own oxygen masks and provide them with the skills to coach and develop themselves, as they coach others. How do we help burned-out managers develop, engage and retain their people? We focus first on the manager—their development, their engagement, their personal and professional goals. We help them realize the power of their own possibility.
Read MoreLeadership is a dynamic and ever-evolving skill that plays a crucial role in shaping the future of organizations and societies. Many universities worldwide have developed comprehensive leadership programs to foster effective leaders. These programs aim to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives necessary to excel in leadership roles across various industries.
Read MoreToday’s academic leaders are charged with not only navigating the complexities of educational institutions but also inspiring and motivating their faculty colleagues and administrative teams to strive for excellence amidst volatility and uncertainty. Leaders who do this effectively demonstrate a unique blend of skills, attributes, and values that allow them to create an environment conducive to growth, innovation, and success.
Read MoreIn the fast-evolving landscape of education worldwide, excellence isn't just a goal – it's a requirement. Organizational assessment is the compass that guides academic institutions toward excellence, helping them navigate challenges and seize growth opportunities.
Read MoreAcademic leaders drive cultures of innovation by fostering environments that encourage creativity, collaboration, and disruptive thinking. In this post we explore strategies, best practices, and transformative initiatives employed by successful academic, university or school leaders, thereby gaining insights into leader’s pivotal roles in cultivating innovation.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I facilitated a leadership workshop with a group of over 100 women leaders and I posed the following questions: What is not working in your work right now? What are you tolerating? What do you want to create? What baby step could you take today toward that vision? Finish this sentence: “If I had limitless courage, I would...” This is what I heard….
Read MoreHigher education institutions face unprecedented challenges in an era of rapid technological advancements, changing global dynamics, and evolving educational paradigms. To effectively navigate these challenges and seize opportunities, universities and colleges are turning to consultancy services specializing in higher education strategy.
Read MoreWe are living amidst a time of great upheaval, the Great Resignation is morphing into the Great Adaptation and the Great Negotiation and many people are not just asking what do I want my next job to be, but what is the life I want to live? Where? Doing what? With whom? If I were to reinvent, what is the life I would choose?
Read MoreAs part of our ongoing development as coaches, my business partner, Jenny, and I recently participated in Coaching for Self Leadership by the IFS Institute. This was our first introduction to the Internal Family Systems model and we were both struck by the depth, simplicity and compassion of the IFS approach.
Read MoreMany organizations and human resource leaders are planning return-to-work protocols, and there are more and more signs of hope and optimism that we can (at least tentatively) plan beyond the next few weeks in front of us.
Let’s not miss the opportunity of this transitional moment — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
Read MoreDigitalization, globalization and artificial intelligence (AI) are bringing fundamental and massive changes to the ways we work and live. Covid-19 has accelerated these technological and societal shifts, possibly signaling an "imminent restructuring of the global economic order."
Read MoreOur approach to transformational leadership in higher education is built around a four-part model that tackles these challenges by putting mission and people at the center, and by providing expert support for ongoing innovation and renewal.
Read MoreWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim once told a Washington Post reporter, “No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better.”
Read MoreWelcome to the fall of 2020! We are experiencing a start to the academic year like no other. How will we navigate the ongoing complexity and uncertainty?
Over these past few weeks, we have been teaching several programs, one of which was The Authentic Leader. During the final session,
Read MoreWhen we started this series back in March, we introduced it by saying:
Read More"We believe we are amidst a global “Tale of Two Cities.” It has the potential to bring out the worst of humanity, and in equal measure, the best of humanity—if we lead with our collective capacity to be kind, develop resilience, nurture creativity, and provide hope that we can, and will, get through this crisis together.”
We have been reading reports and whitepapers, listening to podcasts and webinars, all in pursuit of trying to make sense of where we are and where we might be going. As a self-confessed learning junkies, we have always relished finding out who the experts are and learning from their wisdom and insights — an approach that has served us well in a (relatively) predictable world.
This time it feels different.
Read MoreMany of you reading this newsletter have entered month three of some version of “shelter in place.” None of us know what the future might hold, but what we know for sure is that we are unlikely to return to our previous way of being and doing pre-COVID-19. Some argue that is a good thing; that there was much that was destructive with…
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