At IEHE we are excited about RealityCheck, our new data analytic tool. VERY excited. (You may have noticed :) ) So, what is this tool? With anything new, there is a little bit of a learning curve – but in this case – well worth it....
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...
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...
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...
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...
“What gets measured, gets managed.” We’ve all heard this phrase (written by Peter Drucker in 1954). Some 65+ years later it has been used a TON—and misused almost as often. Some folks have taken it as a license to ‘add one more metric’ that should...
Last week, InsideHigherEd published an OpEd of predictions for what the 2020s have in store for higher education (Will Higher Education Roar in the 2020s by John Katzman). In his opinion piece, Mr. Katzman makes a series of interesting observations and predictions. At the IEHE,...
At the IEHE, we are always excited to have the opportunity to highlight the incredible work being done by our colleagues. As part of the launch of Data Strategy in Colleges and Universities: From Understanding to Implementation, edited by our own Kristina Powers, we’re bringing...
At the IEHE, we are always excited to have the opportunity to highlight the incredible work being done by our colleagues. As part of the launch of Data Strategy in Colleges and Universities: From Understanding to Implementation, edited by our own Kristina Powers, we’re bringing...
At the IEHE, we are always excited to have the opportunity to highlight the incredible work being done by our colleagues. As part of the launch of Data Strategy in Colleges and Universities: From Understanding to Implementation, edited by our own Kristina Powers, we’re bringing...
