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Chief Strategy Officer Roundtable: A Cohort-Based Series for VPs of Strategy

Chief Strategy Officers tend to have no peers at their institutions. Charged with driving the university’s strategic plan forward and working across stakeholders to ensure proper execution, they play critically important roles on campus. This means that they simultaneously must be data-informed and big picture-oriented, ensuring alignment with institutional mission and vision, and they must also possess the leadership skills necessary to influence culture, develop talent, and create alignment across the cabinet, President, and Board. Given the singularity of this role, Chief Strategy Officers & VPs of Strategy need the ongoing support and community that can only be provided by others serving in a similar capacity. In this roundtable series, you can join a group of other Chief Strategy Officers across higher education to discuss the common challenges you face, get support from experienced professionals, and build your professional and personal network. You will: To preserve an intimate and productive experience, this roundtable will be capped at 12 attendees. In-Person and Virtual Sessions To facilitate community and trust-building among the cohort from the start, the roundtable will kick off with a full-day in-person strategy session in Denver, Colorado on Friday, October 6. Six weekly, hour-long virtual sessions will follow, running […]

Supervising Multigenerational Teams: Building Understanding to Support Success

Your team may have up to five generations working together, a phenomenon that is unique to our time in history. This generational diversity makes our teams stronger and more ready to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. To leverage the full strength that comes from this generational diversity, however, supervisors must first understand the value of and know how to appreciate the unique styles and preferences of each team member. Join our facilitator and your peers across the country to share best practices and experiences for increasing all of our understanding on successfully supervising multigenerational teams. You will come away from the training with the following:

Leading as An Assistant/Associate Dean: An Online Bootcamp

Leading as an Assistant/Associate Dean can be difficult under the best of circumstances. You need to negotiate and balance the competing interests of multiple stakeholders both inside and outside your college. Yet, you may sometimes feel like your role lacks the necessary clarity, authority, and/or support to be most effective—then add in the complexities that have arisen in higher ed in the recent past, and even the most seasoned leaders can find themselves tested. Join us online for this valuable six-week leadership bootcamp designed specifically for Assistant and Associate Deans, that will help you to discover or reconnect with the most effective ways to lead in a variety of situations and circumstances. During the bootcamp, you will: You will leave this bootcamp with an expanded network, a set of proven strategies for leading in a changing academic context, and, perhaps most importantly, greater confidence in yourself as a leader.

Managing Difficult Faculty & Staff: A Bootcamp for Leaders

Join us online for a four-week bootcamp where you will learn how to intervene and correct the most problematic performances and behaviors within your team. Within the bootcamp, you will be introduced to the “EM & EM” model, which includes four increasingly authoritative steps intended to engage, set expectations for behavioral change, communicate consequences for non-compliance, and minimize the ill effects of bad behaviors on others. We will also address the unique aspects of higher education culture that complicate employee oversight, including tenure, union contracts, and ill-defined leadership structures. This bootcamp will provide multiple opportunities for you to both apply this model to your unique context and practice these difficult conversations with other leaders experiencing similar challenges. You’ll be encouraged to bring your most difficult personnel scenarios to the group for practice and valuable feedback. Throughout the bootcamp, you’ll also develop an intervention plan specifically tailored to the challenging people you’re managing, and it will also document how the EM & EM model can help you to customize your approach to your toughest situation. You’ll walk away from this bootcamp feeling more comfortable, confident, and ready to take on your most difficult conversations. A Highly Personalized Experience Your registration for […]

Provost Summit: Leading for Innovation and Growth

In today’s rapidly changing world, innovation has become a critical driver of success for individual leaders and their organizations. However, fostering a culture of innovation is not easy—especially in academia, where traditions and hierarchy often prevail. This unique event aims to bring Provosts together to connect with peers, develop their own leadership, and learn proven strategies for fostering an innovative mindset and culture at their institutions. Participants will learn about key elements of an innovative culture such as openness, experimentation, collaboration, and risk-taking and hear translatable examples of how other institutions have successfully cultivated them, such as: The Summit is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of opportunities for discussion, reflection, and practical exercises. You’ll leave with an expanded network of other Provosts across the nation who are equally invested in thinking outside the box to move their institutions forward.

Training Frontline Student Leaders in Customer Service

As institutions prepare to open for the new academic year, training frontline student leaders—including Orientation Leaders, Resident Assistants, and front desk workers—is critical to enhancing the campus culture of service and creating a welcoming environment. Not highlighting “customer service” skills in student staff training leaves your most prominent frontline ambassadors ill-equipped to make a great first impression. This webcast will provide an overview of the skills that student leader training programs should incorporate in order to highlight the importance of customer service, including: Leave with Discussion Questions for Your Student Leaders One way you can use this training is to ask all of your student leaders to watch it and to then facilitate a dialogue among themselves after the fact. A list of discussion questions will be provided to all webinar participants with this use in mind.

Alumni Boards: Strengthen Your Strategy and Grow Engagement

Alumni boards can assist an institution to achieve strategic priorities, strengthen affinity, and motivate giving. Supporting your board in serving the institution and offering a meaningful volunteer experience starts with having a clear direction regarding your board’s structure, culture, and purpose. Join us for this two-day conference, where you will learn how you can increase the effectiveness of your alumni board and its members’ involvement. Our expert instructors will share practical tips and advice on how you can create a more effective board, including: You are encouraged to come to the conference with copies of your board’s bylaws or other policies and should come prepared to discuss specific challenges with, or current areas of focus for, your board.

Fundraising for Presidents Institute

With significant talent shortages in fundraising, it’s crucial that you manage your resources strategically and effectively to get the most out of your advancement buck—and to ensure that focus is maintained throughout presidential fundraising. Spending time with the right donors and understanding what to ask for—and when—can be the key to being a successful fundraiser. As president, by centering your focus on a multi-year strategic intent behind your fundraising efforts, you can make strides toward institutional development goals with the support of advancement leadership, the chair of your board, and the key relationships you cultivate with board members and top donors. Additionally, by knowing where you can be most effective in the solicitation cycle and how you can prioritize outreach efforts while also being an active steward of donor opportunities, you will leave this event with the depth of knowledge it takes to be a successful fundraiser as president. Building on key lessons from his book, Fundraising for Presidents: A Guide, Jim Langley will prepare presidents to be strategically incorporated into fundraising activities in today’s post-COVID landscape by ensuring that focus is maintained, and that you get the most out of your advancement resources by continuing to innovate even when fundraising […]

Advanced Title IX Investigator Training and Certification 

As Title IX 2020 Final Regulations and accompanying OCR Guidance continue to unfold, so do the complexities involved in sexual harassment cases that universities must address. Upon the filing of a formal complaint alleging sexual harassment, the Title IX 2020 Amendments require institutions to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation within their grievance process. These investigations are highly sensitive and often complex; even experienced and skilled investigators must continually refine and enrich their investigative skills. This training will provide learning space and allow experienced investigators to further develop their investigative skills and obtain invaluable insights from our expert faculty and their peers. Join us this July for a virtual advanced-level investigator certification training specifically designed for seasoned investigators with three or more years of experience. This is a hands-on workshop that gives provides experienced investigators with the information they need to expand and sharpen their knowledge, increasing their competency for investigating difficult and complex cases, including hostile environment sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and stalking. Our expert speaker panel will take participants on a deep dive into the following topics: Upon finishing the training, you will receive a certificate of completion documenting your participation in this Advanced […]

A Transformative Approach to Student Success Initiatives

Strategic plans drive the institutional vision and should set the agenda and goals for student success. But institutions often find that a new strategic plan gets left on the shelf after its completion, instead. Academic and student success leaders at the institution do not always know how to move those goals forward and are hindered by a fear of failure and a lack of creativity. And all too often, faculty and staff working directly with students do not understand how their roles contribute to the overarching student success goals of their institutions. Join us for this workshop to help you refine your student success goals. Our expert facilitators will help you to brainstorm what you do well, what you need to improve, and what’s not going well with respect to student success. You will then have the opportunity to work with colleagues from across the country on developing innovative solutions to the challenges you face. You will leave the workshop with some concrete steps to help you move forward big ideas on your campus. You will also learn a new process for workshopping problems and solutions to take back to your teams.

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