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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.