Tag: leadership
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Essential Tips for Effective Team Retreats
Summer retreats are a great tool to help prepare for the upcoming year, build camaraderie, and teach broad context that may not be addressed during the year. Having led summer retreats for several years, here are a few tips to ensure your team has the best experiences and has meaningful insights from the day, which…
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AI Strategies for Marketing Leaders in Higher Education – Part 3
It’s already time for the third post on ways higher education leaders can use AI to help advance the work. Over the past month, I’ve had a couple of opportunities to talk about how I’m using AI. Those conversations have reinforced for me the importance that as leaders we need to create a culture that…
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Why I Believe in Higher Education
Higher education is in my DNA. My grandfather dropped out of school in 7th grade to help his family during the Great Depression, a decision that haunted him for the rest of his life. He worked two jobs for years to ensure my dad and uncle would have a chance at college. He knew what…
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How to Create Norms for Successful Teams
One of my favorite strategies to help bring new people together is setting norms. It’s one of the most underrated activities but has a big return on investment. Norm – a principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior. Merriam Webster…
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Conference Tips for New Professionals
As I am gearing up to once again attend the CASE District IV Annual Conference, I find myself reflecting on my time attending conferences. CASE IV was my very first professional conference. I was fresh out of college, and my boss told me I needed to attend this conference. I signed up to go, but…
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