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21 Oct Top Campus Thought and Practice Leader Skills to Cultivate

Posted at 13:02h in Professional Development by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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Want to become a Campus Thought and Practice Leader? The IEHE shares the top campus thought and practice leader skills to cultivate....

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13 Apr The EdUp Experience with Kristina Powers

Posted at 14:17h in Planning for Success, Professional Development by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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Kristina Powers, the president of IEHE, was an invited guest on The EdUp Experience podcast. EdUp’s goal is to inspire and educate people to pursue a life-long learning mindset – no matter the path they choose. “I was thrilled to have an opportunity to field questions...

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11 Mar On Being an IR Professional During Challenging Times

Posted at 09:27h in Professional Development by Kristina Powers
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As an institutional researcher, I have never gotten a 2:00 a.m. phone call notifying me of a data emergency. I’ve never been asked to come to campus immediately to assist the data crisis response team or make pivot tables. Never. However – my colleagues in housing,...

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27 Feb Going Before the Board

Posted at 01:00h in Professional Development, RealityCheck by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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Every college or university has a Board. They go by slightly different names, Board of Trustees, Board of Regents, Board of Governors. We use the generic term “Board” to refer to all these groups. Boards are primarily comprised of people who are NOT experts in...

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19 Feb Tackling Tough Problems: Part II

Posted at 01:00h in Professional Development, RealityCheck by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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In an earlier blog, Tackling Tough Problems: Part I, we discussed the value of tackling the problems no one else wants. Being the one to solve a difficult puzzle can be a real professional boost for any higher education staff member. But where to start? Finding the...

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12 Feb Tackling Tough Problems: Part I

Posted at 01:00h in Professional Development by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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In The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost celebrates the value in going where others have not. In higher education, you can have that experience by taking on the problems no one else wants to address. Tackling these tough problems is good advice – we share...

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06 Feb Cross-Functional Team Management: Part II

Posted at 01:00h in Professional Development, RealityCheck by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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Promoting student success at colleges and universities is a goal that almost always requires leaders with cross-functional team management skills. Improving student graduation rates can involve almost every area of the institution. So, it's important--if not necessary--to get the buy-in of a broad group of...

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04 Feb Cross-Functional Team Management: Part I

Posted at 01:00h in Professional Development, RealityCheck by Kristina Powers
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Have you started to notice “Cross-functional team management skills" required on recent job postings or asked about in interviews? I certainly have. But what does that really mean? It sounds like a clever way of saying ‘you’ll need to manage a group of people who...

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29 Jan Be An Innovator: Part II

Posted at 01:00h in Professional Development, RealityCheck by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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In Be an Innovator: Part I, we noted that Thomas Edison, one of America's most prolific inventors once said,  “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." But let’s be honest . . . if you want leaders to view you as...

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28 Jan Be an Innovator: Part I

Posted at 03:34h in Professional Development, RealityCheck by Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education
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We are all busy. Super busy. But somehow we make time for the things that matter to us – paying bills on time to avoid a penalty, stopping for a coffee or tea, hitting the snooze button for just 5 more minutes. Instead, we prioritize...

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