Tag: leadership
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Teaching Nuance to Our Teams
Our team members usually do a good job at their work because they understand the fundamentals of the tasks. However, I find one of the hardest things to teach is nuance. Helping people understand the relationships, the departments, and the challenges that exist takes time to develop. However, this understanding helps our teams move from…
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What I Learned Leading a Team Through Change
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I hired five people this year for a variety of MarComm roles. This was part of an office reorganization that also changed several reporting lines. Before the reorganization, I had too many direct reports, and this helped address that. However, it was scary. Scary for me. Would…
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What a Year of Hiring Taught Me About Interviewing
Over the last year, I’ve hired five members of a MarComm team in a variety of roles from entry level to senior leaders. I’ve looked at lots of resumes and talked to dozens of potential candidates in person and on Zoom throughout the process. Some were phenomenal. Some didn’t fit our organization, and some were…
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What Advancement Taught Me About MarComm
Earlier this month, I was having a conversation with Chris. I don’t remember what we were talking about, but somewhere in the conversation, I said that my advancement background makes me a better MarComm leader. He asked me to explain that, and I elaborated on a few of the topics below. His immediate thought: that’s…
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Insights from CASE Summit: Trends in Higher Education Leadership
Last week I spent several days in Seattle for CASE Summit. This is always one of my favorite conferences because it focuses on horizon issues for marketing, alumni, and advancement leaders. The agenda included general sessions, breakout discussions, and lots of one-on-one conversations about the work. Key Takeaways Here are four takeaways that I heard…