In 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 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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