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From Theory to Practice: A Year of Applied Leadership

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Cameron Hogg

Leading the Future: Navigating AI in Admissions through GWALA

Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025

April 9, 2025

Graduation Blog: Ioannis Koutroulis

Ask the Chair: The Post-Spring-Break Juggernaut

March 24, 2025

Summer is in sight. How to prepare now for the coming whirlwind that ends with graduation.

How to Get Good at Conflict

March 12, 2025

According to a new book, there are tools we can learn to help us sit with conflict and grow from it.

How Feedback Conversations Can Strengthen Organizations

February 24, 2025

Situation Behaviors and Impact Feedback Model

16 Bold Ideas to Make Higher Ed a Better Place to Work

February 11, 2025

Mini-sabbaticals, weekend email bans, soft-serve for all, and more.

Getting Started: A Basic 10 Point Guide to Launching an Academic Career

February 8, 2025

Dr. Robert Greenstreet provides a ten-step guide for new faculty, outlining key strategies such as understanding institutional expectations, building networks, balancing responsibilities, and preparing for tenure.

Chairs Can Be the Changemakers Colleges Need

February 6, 2025

Don Chu argues that department chairs should take a much more proactive role in confronting institutional budget challenges.

Ask the Chair: ‘The Job Keeps Changing and I Can’t Keep Up’

February 6, 2025

How to cope with new work obligations raining down from central administration and onto department heads.

Small Shifts, Big Impact: Elevate Your Leadership

January 29, 2025

In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Adam Grant and other Wharton experts offer quick tips to enhance your leadership effectiveness.

A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia

January 28, 2025

Dr. Rebecca Fredrickson uses Wicked as a metaphor for academia, illustrating how leadership shapes faculty perceptions and emphasizing the need for integrity and critical awareness in academic roles.

Admin 101: How to Keep Your Trial Balloons From Sinking

January 23, 2025

Sending out feelers is a time-honored administrative tradition, but it backfires all too often in higher ed.