Are your meeting participants clear if they have input or influence when making decisions? To help you ensure everyone understands their role in the decision making process made we’ve compiled this easily-referenced tool with 5 different levels of decision making.
We have all been to meetings where there is uneven participation among attendees. More vocal participants tend to dominate, while others can all but disappear. This is a substantial problem for meeting leaders and facilitators as it results in fewer ideas and perspectives being considered. Group activities can be a productive way to overcome this issue. We have compiled the following group activity designs to help meeting leaders and facilitators spark meaningful engagement among all meeting participants.
Over the following 13 videos, Dr. Patrick Sanaghan will offer his insight into creating high performing teams within higher education.
Yearly or bi-yearly performance reviews are an important component of effective supervision. Performance reviews are your opportunity to check in with your employee, establish professional development goals, convey clear expectations, and learn what you can do to better support your employees moving forward.
Understand and leverage your strengths as a leader. Overview Taking the StrengthsFinder assessment to uncover your top 5 strengths is the first step toward fully leveraging your gifts and talents. Have you reflected on how your strengths align with your individual role and your team’s goals? Join us online to learn how to use the information from the StrengthsFinder assessment more effectively in your career. Session 1 will focus on your individual strengths. Session 2 will focus on your teams’ strengths. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the “why” behind your job satisfaction and your contributions.
In light of the changing tax legislation, how to properly steward and cultivate athletic donors and supporters is more important than ever. Join us online to hear from Lynne Wester, the Donor Relations Guru, and her partner Jacqueline Mattson of University of Texas Athletics on how they have been able to effectively partner their efforts for this unique audience.
Learn how to get more faculty support and involvement in advancement goals and activities. Agenda I. Overcoming Faculty Skepticism We’ll cover several venues (i.e., faculty assemblies or focus groups) through which you can share your messages with faculty and gather their input.  We’ll offer sample talking points, meeting agendas, and other tools to help you be more transparent about the work of advancement and how faculty partnerships prove mutually beneficial to students. II. Cultivating Faculty Involvement We’ll talk through understanding the nuance of the academic calendar, ways to set expectations around time commitment, and additional strategies to uncover more positive faculty responses.
As a front-line fundraisers you might experience sexual harassment from donors and volunteers, making it incredibly important to have effective procedures in place for both managers and staff. Click the image below to download this handy guide to help you create or evaluate sexual harassment policies for both managers and team members.
Writing Resource Manual Everyone needs a little help with their writing now and again! Containing everything from frequently confused words to style tips, this manual offers tons of practical guidance for improving your writing. Click the image below to download this excellent resource.
Transfer students can easily feel lost in the crowd, especially at large institutions. How can you create highly customized, individualized experiences for these students despite increasing demands? Join us online to learn how the University of Michigan has worked with students, staff, and faculty to steadily grow transfer student support through their Transfer Connections Mentorship Program. We will cover key components of effective transfer mentorship programs, from initial needs research through assessment. You’ll get advice on providing personalized support to transfer students while also learning what it takes to administer the program.
The Center for Pathways Advising & Student Success at the University of Cincinnati is something of a “one-stop shop” for all things transfer: from partnership-building with two-year institutions, to transfer student advising and credit articulation, to transfer engagement programming. Join us online to learn how this innovative center has made the University of Cincinnati more “transfer friendly” and accessible to prospective students.
Confidently collect market demand data, analyze themes, and use your findings to make programmatic decisions. Overview Learn a comprehensive and highly-practical method for assessing the demand for new and existing academic programs at your institution. This series will provide the knowledge, tools, and strategies you will need to incorporate market research and analysis as part of new academic program proposals or ongoing program evaluation in a highly collaborative way. Session 1 focuses on the process for conducting market research and preparing an analysis. You will leave with a sample market analysis and guidelines on data collection. Session 2 focuses on how to use the data. You will hear about a recent market analysis scenario and its impact on current programming decisions. You will leave with strategies for collaborative decision making for determining whether to keep, stop, or start an academic program. Templates, Samples, and Resources Included In addition to the live content, each session comes with resources that you can use to both conduct market analysis and utilize the information that you collect as a result of that analysis. Resources include: Sample market analysis for an academic program A list and guide of trends in workforce and labor market research Sample timeline for academic program development […]
Navigating a crisis requires preparation and strategy—is your institution equipped to effectively handle a crisis? Overview Join us for a two-part webcast series that will help leaders make key strategic and operational decisions during an emergent crisis. Session one will focus on Leadership Roles and will teach you how to: Proactively assemble a Crisis Action Team comprised of multiple functional areas on campus Clarify the role of the president in both everyday operations and crisis management Communicate effectively with the board throughout the crisis Session two will focus on Leadership Actions and will help you craft a mission statement specifically for the crisis to help dictate: With which stakeholders you should communicate How to ensure that everyday operations continue and are not affected How you can ultimately come out stronger as an institution on the other side Both webcast sessions will include real examples from higher education.
You don’t need a robust budget to develop and use personas—join us to learn how. Overview Join us for this two-part series to better understand and target your core audiences by developing and incorporating personas into your marketing strategy. As part of this conversation, we will discuss: Eleven elements of an effective persona Data to consider to inform persona creation How personas can inform marketing planning, media decisions, content strategy, and design considerations Guidance for continually updating and integrating your personas into your marketing strategy Session one will focus on creating effective personas. Session two will then teach you how to integrate these personas meaningfully into your marketing efforts.
The research is stark; over 90% of strategic plans don’t get implemented. Why is this, and what can institutional leaders do to improve their chances for success? Pat Sanaghan has led the design and implementation of strategic plans at more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. During this one hour webcast, he’ll skip the theory and show you what actually works and how to ensure progress on your most important priorities.
Department chairs are the crucial link between upper-level administration and faculty. A strong and effective department chair can significantly enhance academic life for both students and faculty. However, research suggests that many institutions do not recognize the critical importance of identifying and developing talented faculty with the skills needed for this position. Join us online as we work with you to identify a “bench” of future academic leaders within your unit and to effectively develop their capabilities as a department chair by focusing on the following: Identifying the talents essential to successful department chairs Working with new department chairs to build competence, credibility, and leadership skills Ongoing development, feedback, and support of new department chairs
To confront the current and future challenges facing higher education we need our best leaders to step forward. Too often, however, leaders who have the right set of skills and motivations are hesitant or reluctant to lead. They wait to be recognized; they feel uncomfortable “selling” their accomplishments; and they don’t want to “play politics.” The unfortunate result is that neither the individual nor the institution benefits. In this webcast, we’ll differentiate from issues of self-confidence and imposter syndrome, and take a deep dive into what causes some leaders to hesitate and what they can do about it. We’ll also look at organizational factors that contribute, as well as how existing leaders can identify and support these promising new leaders.
Making the right decisions are tough for any leader under most circumstances. But when decisions will inevitably create pushback, when jobs are on the line, or when there are no clear answers, it can be so stressful that many leaders freeze in place. How can you build the courage to act as a leader at your institution? Using real scenarios from higher education, we’ll explore a series of practical steps a leader can take to build both their awareness and ability to make decisions that are fraught with complexity and ambiguity.
Better prepare yourself for the rigors of academic deanship. Agenda To help you identify and utilize leadership best practices as a dean, we will address the following: Characteristics of an academic leader Four leadership best practices Building a strong leadership team Ensuring an inspiring vision Communicating with emotional intelligence Encouraging continuous leadership and professional development
Learn risk management essentials before supervising and implementing study abroad programs at your institution. During this hour-long webinar we will discuss four risk-management essentials that every study abroad program needs, including: Properly defining the logistics of your program Student health and safety Communication Crisis management We will wrap up our learning by exploring new and emerging threats that study abroad programs are currently facing. You will leave better prepared to mitigate risk factors and the potential for harm.
