Looking Beyond Our Borders, Hiring Staff From Outside Higher Ed: Image shows a telescope pointed at the horizon
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Hiring Non-Traditional Candidates for Your MGO Team: Navigating the Opportunity and the Risk

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To find your talented next major gift officer, look beyond your borders and deepen your candidate pool by searching for non-traditional candidates who have the right combination of skills and personality traits to succeed. But also recognize that candidates who are new to university advancement or to higher education will need onboarding and support. by Dr. […]

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Beating Gender Bias in Higher Education with Collaborative Leadership: A photo of two colleagues working together
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How Gender Bias in Higher Education Leadership Gets in the Way of the Collaboration We Need

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Gender bias in higher education can lead us to prize men’s voices over women’s and to value authoritarian and transactional leadership over transformational, collaborative leadership. Yet collaboration is key to meeting the complex challenges our departments and institutions of higher education now face. So let’s explore: How best can men and women work together to […]

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Challenging Androcentrism in the Academy: Why We Need to Value Empathy More

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Empathy and compassion are critical for high-performing academic leaders, but institutions often undervalue these leadership competencies due to implicit gender bias. Let’s look at how to counter that tendency. This is the second in a series of articles on challenging androcentrism in higher education. by Rosalind Spigel, Organizational Development Consultant and Leadership Coach, Spigel Consulting  In […]

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One Stop: How One Institution Transitioned to a High-Performing Student Services Model

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Photo by the University of Alberta. The Student Connect centre. Article by Melissa Padfield, Deputy Registrar, University of Alberta, and Norma Rodenburg, Senior Advisor to the Vice-Provost and University Registrar on Strategic Planning, University of Alberta The Challenge Run-around, duplication of services, confusion for students, inconsistency of service delivery–these are just some of the challenges that come […]

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Developing a High-Performing and Productive Advising Department, Part 2: Assessing and Meeting Employee Needs

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READ THE WHOLE SERIES: Assessing and Meeting Student Needs Assessing and Meeting Employee Needs Optimizing Your Use of Student Information Systems Academic Advising’s Role in Change Implementation by Sue Ohrablo, Author of High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors Academic advising staff, comprised of both administrative support staff and advisors, may experience a great deal […]

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6 Destructive Myths About Teams in Higher Education

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Higher education will face daunting and complex challenges over the next decade, and campuses will need high-performing teams, especially a high-performing senior team, in order to face those challenges. In this paper, Patrick Sanaghan and Jillian Lohndorf expose 6 potentially destructive myths — myths that get in the way of building and nurturing a great team. See Upcoming Leadership Workshops

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5 Secrets to Developing a High-Performing Team in Higher Education

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Higher education will face daunting and complex challenges over the next decade, and campuses will need high-performing teams, especially a high-performing senior team, in order to face those challenges. Building and nurturing a great team is a daunting and noble task for any leader. It takes courage and care, perspiration and aspiration, and investment of time and attention—all of […]

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