The Challenges of Implementation with Unimarket’s Brian Sweeney
Today we’re talking about bottlenecks in project implementation, it’s a sort of spiritual follow-up to a conversation we had just a few weeks back, (The Danger of Thinking in Projects — Ep 101), and we have an expert with us to share the load with keen ex
Mergers & Aspirations with Rutgers CBO Mike Gower from NACUBO 2015
Being in the middle of a major school merger, Mike Gower knows the importance of clear and concise strategic plan. As SVP for finance and treasurer at Rutgers, Mike has an active role in leading change as these institutions come together, aligning resourc
The Mentorship Mindset and Leveraging Hidden Resources with Nuno Couto
Nuno Couto lives and works from his RV. In his work as a consultant and project manager in higher education, his ultra-mobile command center has become a central component to leading change through his firm, Optimal Partners. This week on Navigating Change, Nuno joins Gail Gregory and Pete Wright for a conversation around improved business […]
The Attitude/Behavior Connection at the 2015 Administrative Management Institute
The Administrative Management Institute is coming up July 27-31 at Cornell University, co-sponsored by our friends at EACUBO. This is a professional conference for line managers, department heads, and other leaders across the higher ed organization, comin
Choose YOU — The Importance of Vacations & Downtime in Delivering Great Work
It’s a show of a different color this week as we take on a debilitating challenge faced by so many of our colleagues: we are terrible at disconnecting, recharging, and prioritizing ourselves over our work. The idea for this show started as a chance to tal
Be a Better Presenter with Gail Gregory
If you’re taking the stage as a presenter at the NACUBO Annual Meeting, you’re (hopefully!) well into preparing your presentation, rehearsing your slides, ensuring your jokes are funny, and timing what are sure to be copious applause breaks! But it’s neve
Creativity at a Crossroads: the CAO/CBO Partnership at University of Colorado
We often talk about the power of a strong partnership between the chief academic and business officers in driving institutional change. Today, we’re talking with two individuals who demonstrate the practical success that comes from just this sort of partn
The Hardest Conversations—Ongoing Lessons from Sweet Briar College
The board’s announcement that 2014-15 will be the last academic year for Sweet Briar College has given our field much to process. Each constituent audience — from administrators, to the board, to faculty and students, to staff and community — has been str
Shared Services as a Tool for Change
Are you considering shared services? It’s is a concept rich in opportunity, and rife with concern across institutions facing the pressure of change. Administratively, taking advantage of streamlining opportunities makes intuitive sense; sharing administra
Empowering Teams to Take Initiative
How do you lead from behind and mentor others to step forward? This week, Howard Teibel and Andrew Menke discuss strategies behind empowering teams to take initiative.