Everyday leadership conversations determine how institutional life is experienced. Learn how to shape what you say with intention.
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How can academic leaders benefit from practicing challenging conversations with virtual role-play?
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Explore the three ways AI is enabling practice-based leadership development in higher education, taking us from insight to impact at scale.
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Academic leadership is one of the most demanding roles in professional life. You're expected to be a scholar, a manager, a strategist, a fundraiser, a mediator, and a visionary, often simultaneously and often with fewer resources than the job requires.
And the expectations keep rising.
This is a different kind of resource. The tools here are practical, grounded in years of experience working alongside academic leaders across a wide range of institutions, and refined in the situations where leadership actually happens.
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Great leadership starts from within. When we take time to understand ourselves and the factors that have shaped our leadership style, we are better placed to develop the skills and behaviors to lead others more effectively. Discover how.
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Academic deans and their teams are facing expanding responsibilities—and shrinking time. Discover how targeted coaching can help leaders build the strategic leadership capability they urgently need to drive transformation.
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How can we develop capable, connected leaders in a rapidly changing higher education landscape? At TCU’s College of Fine Arts, targeted coaching has transformed leadership capability and team culture. Read more in this compelling case study.
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Good mentorship provides personalized guidance and skill development and helps students navigate career paths, build confidence, and achieve meaningful professional success. For deans and academic leaders, fostering strong mentorship programs means nurturing future leaders prepared to excel within their chosen fields.
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As faculty roles in universities expand in scope and complexity, leadership skills are ever more important. Executive coaching, or leadership coaching can play a critically important role in faculty development and career success. In this article we look at the roles of advisors, sponsors, and mentors and how they support faculty careers, then we take a deeper dive into the value that a coach can provide, and how to find a coach who is a good fit.
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Sometimes as leaders, we try so hard that we don’t even realize in the moment we’ve strayed a long way from our best selves and this ideal leader we hope to be. A cognitive budget helps to maximize reflective thinking. Reflective thinking is how we get the best of our minds, from genius to compassion, empathy, and joy. A cognitive budget can also help us to create “offramps” when our mind engages in the unconscious process of rumination – replaying events repeatedly without gaining insights or progressing.
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