Operations and Efficiency
Meeting heightened student demands with plummeting operational budgets in a competitive and commoditized environment is no easy task for higher education leaders. Long-term viability and success require operational effectiveness and efficiency that is somewhat foreign to post-secondary management.
Investing in an Innovative and Creative Culture (and Understanding the Difference!)
John Kennedy | President, John Kennedy ConsultingToday’s postsecondary environment is undoubtedly competitive, and community and technical colleges are feeling the pinch. From growing numbers of private providers to expanding focuses of universities, it's becoming increasingly challenging…
The Best Way to Prepare for Disaster: Crisis Leadership and Higher Ed
Ralph Gigliotti | Director of Leadership Development and Research in the Center for Organizational Leadership, Rutgers UniversityCrises on postsecondary campuses used to be rare. Now, they’re growing so rapidly they need the attention of leaders across all divisions of an institution. Ralph Gigliotti, Director of Leadership…
The “I” vs. “We” Balance: Highlighting Your Collaborative Prowess When Interviewing
Jen Meyers Pickard | Executive Search Consultant in the Education Practice, WittKiefferCollaboration. Collaborate. Collaborative. Collaboratively. Whether used as a noun, verb, adjective or adverb, the masterful use of collaboration as a leadership tool is undoubtedly at the top of every search…
What Strategic Leadership Looks Like in Practice
Alison Witherspoon | Vice President of Continuous Improvement, American College of EducationStrategic leadership in education is critical to success in an ever-changing market. This message is increasingly popular in articles and at conferences geared toward education professionals. Earlier this year, I…
Leadership Competencies: A Framework for Leadership Assessment, Education and Research
Ralph Gigliotti | Director of Leadership Development and Research in the Center for Organizational Leadership, Rutgers UniversityThis is excerpted from “Competencies for Effective Leadership: A Framework for Assessment, Education, and Research” by Ralph A. Gigliotti (Emerald Publishing). This moment in time is a critical one for…
What’s Needed in Continuing Education Leadership
Lisa R. Braverman | Dean of the Petrocelli School of Continuing Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityWhen conducting research for a daylong conference that I was asked to facilitate by the American Council on Education for women in higher education leadership in 2015, I read an…
Why Continuing Education is Leading Academic Innovation
Donald Ipperciel | Chief Information Officer, York UniversityRecently, a proud mother showed me her daughter’s work on the school’s teaching platform. The fourth grader created a PowerPoint on whether the chicken or the egg came first, based…