New America’s Amy Laitinen on Higher Ed Advocacy, Policy, and the Most Important Constituent

Our guest today is passionate about education. That, of course, could be said of any of us working in institutions across the country. Amy Laitinen doesn’t exercise her passion for education in the classroom, however. She fights for quality and transparen
Goucher President José Bowen shares the power of improvisation in institutional leadership

How do we transform our institutions and learning models to meet the needs of tomorrow’s students? What does “student success” mean to the academic mission of tomorrow’s institutions? How do we better adapt the college experience to address complexity and
“A Voice, a Vote, or a Veto” — A Human Approach to Shared Governance

Our conversation today serves as both a preview of Howard’s upcoming feature in NACUBO Business Officer Magazine, and a roadmap of three key concepts that will help you and your administrative and academic units to approach shared governance with a keen eye on the objectives you seek to achieve.
Gerald Hector Part 2 — The power of storytelling in driving participation across the institution

Gerald Hector is Vice President for Finance and Administration at Ithaca College. In [part one of our conversation last week](http://teibelinc.com/podcast/148), Gerald shared his insights on the importance of the CBO-CIO relationship, and we expected that
Gerald Hector Part 1 — IT Insights in the Finance Office

Today, we’re talking about the CBO-CIO relationship, and the fundamental changes ahead in how we impact our most important constituency: our students.
WACUBO Live — Incoming WACUBO Presidents Share the Pressure and Opportunity of Leadership Legacy

This week we have the second of our live podcasts coming to you from the Western Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Conference in San Francisco. Howard Teibel is joined by the incoming WACUBO presidents in which they share thei
WACUBO Live — Outgoing Regional Presidents on the “Education Trust” and Innovation on Campus
Engaging in Failure and Creativity with First American’s Chad Wiedenhofer

How do you get people to engage in a conversation around failure? According to our guest, “you can see in organizations where iteration and the failure that might come with it is accepted as something that can be positive, and something that can help us get to the destination we’re trying to get to.” Creating a culture of iteration, and adapting toward a state in which you see failure as growth is a challenge, but one worth taking. SVP of First American Education Finance Chad Wiedenhofer joins us today to talk about iteration and growth.
Incremental Change at WACUBO with Ruth Johnston

Ruth Johnston and Howard Teibel on organizational excellence, maturity, and WACUBO’s 2016 Annual Conference coming up in San Francisco.
Uncovering the Unknown Unknowns — A Systematic Approach to Institutional Risk Management with Janice Abraham

Risk mitigation is not new, says our guest. “But it’s also not easy.” And Janice Abraham should know. As CEO of United Educators, a premier risk management and liability insurance company in higher education, Abraham spends her days leading the charge in