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This week, Jeff Shields, President and CEO at NBOA, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on the future of independent schools ahead of the 2024 …
As we continue our gradual emergence from a certain hibernation over the last three years, the opportunity to engage with our colleagues is more …
NBOA President and CEO, Jeff Shields, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on indepenent school business, finance, and operations, all in …
Unbeknownst to us in February 2020, we were about to go into a certain kind of hibernation, one forced on us by the circumstances of our time. Two years into this, we may be seeing the beginning of the light at the end …
Joining Howard Teibel today in conversation is Dr. Nathan Grawe, distinguished teaching professor of the social sciences at Carleton college, where …
As we turn our energy to 2021, we can begin to catch a glimpse of getting on the other side of this crisis. Independent school leaders have …
At Teibel Education we are committed to having your people be connected with a higher purpose. As we look to 2021 and the hope for greater ease and less uncertainty, we bring you a podcast on learning.
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Mission in Action
Today on the show we bring a demonstration of living a mission. Our guest is Doug Brown, President of UMass Memorial Community Hospitals and Chief Administrative Officer for the UMass Memorial Health …
This is an important conversation to listen to the whole way through. First, ask yourself: what’s the highest purpose of your organization?
Likely …
Heather Jarhling is a rising senior at Colby College in Waterville Maine. She — like her peers — is facing an unsettled future. This cohort spent the …
As we begin to pivot in our organizations from the necessary critical decisions to get through these first few months and on to living with a new way of working, how do we not fall back into business as usual? Our …
In our lifetime, Higher Education has not seen the kind of global shock to its system that emerged over a two-month period. We anticipated a systematic and orderly shift in the next few years to address the rising cost …
Many of us listen to podcasts in moments of leisure or capacity to separate from work. Sometimes a topic comes along that is central to what we’re facing right now.
This week, we are very fortunate to have educator and …
Over the last two episodes we’ve discussed two major functions of strategic thinking. In the first, we shared insights around uncovering your key message. In part two, we focused on how to get the attention of your …
Our guest is working to develop the 60-year curriculum, one with an eye toward a lifetime of education.
Rovy Branon serves as Vice Provost for …
There is an unnamed disruptor around the corner. So says our guest today, Rutgers University’s Mike Gower. As Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and University Treasurer, the breadth and depth of …
Cutting a path through the political and emotional landscape to deliver a strong strategic plan is an act of courage. Even with a clear consensus …
In February 2015, Roger L. Martin joined us to talk about innovation, incentive, and inspiration. This is the stuff that drives teams to face the …
Requests are not directives — they live in conversation
How often do we find ourselves hearing a request, waiting until we walk away from that …
How do you build a culture of creativity and innovation? It starts with uncovering the unseen forces that keep a team from excelling, including fear …
Peter Denning returns to the show this week to talk about innovation. But this most likely isn’t the innovation discussion you’re expecting.
Instead, Peter challenges the conventional wisdom in the area of innovation …
Dr. Menah Pratt-Clarke has dedicated her career as an educator to helping others better understand some of the most charged encounters we face. She is a thought leader in diversity and inclusion and even as her area of …
Who is on your first team?
If I said to you, "tell me about your team", you likely would report about those who are your direct reports. This is not …
When our guest today started her career as an educator, 80% of the teachers at her school were new, the result of tectonic turnover resulting from …
All around us, worlds are opening. Whether the result of cultural change or technological disruption, new opportunities present themselves every day …
This week on the show, we invite our colleague Lampros Fatsis to explore our Group Coaching program and share lessons learned in personal …
This week on the show, Howard Teibel sits down with two esteemed leaders in the higher education space. Carol Mullaney serves as Senior Director for …
Today brings us a new conversation with one of our favorite return guests. Ruth Johnston serves as Vice Chancellor for Planning & Administration for University of Washington Bothell and is a leader in organizational …
NAEP executive director Krista Ferrell hasn’t been on the job long. But she’s already helping to guide the institution in bold new directions in …
On the eve of NBOA's 2019 Annual Meeting, President and CEO Jeff Shields joins Howard Teibel for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of change and leadership. Their conversation centers on the change in the …
When most of us think of disruption in our institutions, we think of turnover, upheaval, cuts, a future state in which change to the status quo has the potential to negatively impact the team.
Because of that image, we …
As a leader in higher education, you’ve undoubtedly been involved in sustainability projects across your institution. From recycling services to new …
Larry Levine leads the information technology organization for University of Colorado at Boulder. Scott Munson leads the information technology group …
Leadership is about orchestrating our people to coordinate actions toward a shared vision. How we speak our intentions to those around us can have either positive or negative impact to achieve our goals.
This week on …
Walking into a darkened theater, settling in for a great movie, you expect to be moved. You expect to join the rest of the audience for an emotional …
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It’s natural to want everyone around you to be happy with your newest idea. In an ideal world, you’d …
Howard Teibel moderated a panel of three financial officers at First American Education Finance’s Peer Discussion event after the 2018 NACUBO Annual Meeting. Hear the stories of industry experts from private and public …
Last month, I had the opportunity to have my perspective tested. As someone that works in higher education, you might think that’s not much of a novelty. On the contrary — none of us is immune to cemented positions and …
The stories we write define our careers as business officers. They are the stories of leadership and political will. They are the stories of growth …
Today on the show, we’re talking about what it means to be a beginner.
Peter Denning is a Distinguished Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in …
Donald Heller is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and a professor of education at the University of San Francisco. Before USF however, Dr. Heller served in positions as professor of education at Penn State …
The information technology office is changing. No longer a simple service center to keep your laptop humming, today’s IT office offers a striking …
In February 2015, Roger L. Martin joined as a guest to talk about innovation, incentive, and inspiration that drives creative solutions to …
Plymouth State University is making a dramatic shift, moving from a traditional university structure to a cluster-based model, which will give …
Bentley President Gloria Larson is back this week to continue our conversation on hybrid learning, the work she and her team are leading at Bentley, …
Bentley University President Gloria Larson returns to Navigating Change this week to share the story of her new book, Prepared U: How Innovative …
People can see change as an affront to the way things have always been done. They’re right to feel this way.
When we shift to engaging each other in …
This week, we bring you part two of our conversation with Grant Lichtman, author of Moving the Rock: Seven Levers WE Can Press to Transform Education. In today’s show, Howard and Grant explore a few important questions …
As emerging leaders, we are challenged by the question of where to focus our time and energy that makes a difference. What does it mean to be an orchestrator of change and lead others through these historical times in …
Once again this year, EACUBO and its members outdid themselves in building and hosting the 2017 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. As a part of the event, Howard Teibel was asked to facilitate a panel of three esteemed …
Our guest today returns to share the story of his research toward his latest book and his work understanding the nature of change in education today. In Grant Lichtman’s latest book, Moving the Rock: Seven Levers WE Can …
In our last episode, we shared the first half of our conversation on finding your calling, recorded on a shady porch at The Chautauqua Institution in New York. This week, we’re picking up where we left off with a few …
What does it mean to have a calling? How do you know you’re living a life of contribution? As a leader in higher education, are you living up to the mission of your institution? Howard and Pete get to share some rare …
This week on the show Howard Teibel sits down again with University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman.
President Lieberman begins by sharing …
This week, we welcome Gloria Flores to the show, co-founder and President of Pluralistic Networks. In her work, Gloria is committed to developing …
This week on Navigating Change, Berkeley Professor Ricardo San Martin joins us in a conversation about teaching. What does transformational teaching look like and what does it mean to present that teacher as learner. …
Dr. Daniel Greenstein serves as director of Education, Postsecondary Success in the United States Program, for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Before joining the foundation, Greenstein was Vice Provost for …
Howard Teibel has joined the line-up of presenters at this year's Administrative Management Institute at Cornell University. This week on the show, …
This week on the show Howard Teibel sits down again with University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman. Today, President Lieberman shares insights into the planning process with background on the University’s 2020 …
“Jeff, what does Day 2 look like?”
That’s the first line of Jeff Bezos’ 2016 letter to shareholders, a question from a staff member at an all-hands …
We’re talking about mood today. Now, a discussion of mood may sound strange for you and your academic or administrative team to be paying attention to. It’s far from strange and we’re going to make the case that being …
One of the realities of complex human organizations is that culture is emergent, that we put teams and departments and structures in place and then …
This week on the show Howard Teibel sits down with University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman. Her tenure at La Verne and her approach to leadership is defined by a guiding principle: that students select a …
This week on the show, founder and principal of rpkGROUP, Rick Staisloff, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on leadership from the outside in. …
“The biggest mistake we make is that we think the best subject matter experts will be the best teachers,” says our guest, Elliott Masie. He’s head of the Masie Center, a think tank focused on how organizations can …
Friend of the show Jeff Shields is back to talk about building monumental change in independent schools as a preview of the 2017 NBOA Annual Meeting …
You never know where good ideas are going to come from. We take it as axiomatic that inspiration comes from synchronicity, and too often we leave it at that, relegating the best ideas to the whimsy of luck.
This week …
Howard Teibel recently sat down with noted educator and prolific writer Dr. Bill Massy talk about our changing perception of universities as complex …
Today on the show we present a conversation on one of the toughest components of managing an exceptional team: letting go of those who no longer perform to expectations. Dr. Robert Johnson, Dean of Rutgers New Jersey …
Larry Levine, who serves University of Colorado as associate vice chancellor and CIO, joins us today to tell a story that will help drive our …
Succession planning — the way most of us do it — doesn’t work. Face it: the last thing that today’s leaders want to do is plan their exit while they’re still 100% invested in doing today’s work. And that’s why this …
This week, we’re talking plainly about a subject that most leaders typically bury in metaphor. You might be organizing seats on your bus, or trying …
The Public-Private Partnership is proving to be one of the more compelling solutions to complex financing challenges on campus, and if you’re not up …
Professor Brad Allenby maps the changes in higher education to grand revolutions of European history, that of the Glorious British Revolution of 1688 …
Over the last two episodes we’ve discussed two major functions of strategic thinking. In the first, we shared insights around uncovering your key message. In part two, we focused on how to get the attention of your …
We make split second decisions based on the headlines we see every day. Will we read the next email that hits the inbox? Will we take the time to read the next project plan in the pile? The answer depends on the power — …
Many of us, whether we recognize it or not, are doing an ineffective job at communicating strategically. If part of your day-to-day role is to move …
Dr. Lori Bergen is the founding dean of the College of Media, Communication and Information at University of Colorado. A veteran journalist turned …
Boomers. Gen-Xers. Millennials. With three generations in the workforce, institutional leaders are standing in the middle of an ideological stew. …
Great leaders know the importance of visuals to move groups to action. This week on the show we’d like to introduce you to an expert in the art and …
Scott Carlson is an award winning senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he has been contributing to our field since 1999 across …
Most new engagements begin with an idea. Leadership presents an objective and the team gets to work. Whether it’s a strategy retreat or a new team-building program, the most common march is one of people moving, …
Our guest today is passionate about education. That, of course, could be said of any of us working in institutions across the country. Amy Laitinen …
How do we transform our institutions and learning models to meet the needs of tomorrow’s students? What does “student success” mean to the academic …
Howard Teibel’s latest feature, “A Voice, a Vote, and a Veto,” hits the pages of this month’s issue of NACUBO Business Officer Magazine. It’s an approach to shared governance you might not be hearing right now, not …
Gerald Hector is Vice President for Finance and Administration at Ithaca College. In part one of our conversation last week, Gerald shared his …
Gerald Hector is Vice President for Finance and Administration at Ithaca College. He serves as chief financial officer with administrative oversight …
This week we have the second of our live podcasts coming to you from the Western Association of College and University Business Officers Annual …
How do you get people to engage in a conversation around failure? According to our guest, “you can see in organizations where iteration and the failure that might come with it is accepted as something that can be …
In just a few weeks, the Western Association of College and University Business Officers 2016 Annual Conference is set to convene in San Francisco, …
Risk mitigation is not new, says our guest. "But it's also not easy." And Janice Abraham should know. As CEO of United Educators, a premier risk …
At this year’s EACUBO Annual Workshop in Boston, Howard Teibel shared the stage with Bentley University President Gloria Larson in a conversation titled Building and Supporting your Leadership Team that centered on how …
In late 2013, our guest, futurist Bryan Alexander, and colleagues crowd-sourced a new metaphor into our higher ed vernacular: The Queen Sacrifice. …
Want to condition yourself to do 100 push-ups a day? Then start with just one, and do it right after you use the restroom. Such is the advice from Stanford professor BJ Fogg in his TEDxTalk about using tiny habits to …
“I never used the words ‘strategic planning’…”
Mark Heckler has served as president of Valparaiso University since 2008. In his tenure so far, the institution has achieved some notable wins: expanded facilities, …
When we talk about good customer service in higher education, what does that mean? Do your teams recoil at the word ‘customer’? Is there a shared interest in delivering quality service across the institution? If any of …
"People don’t have a problem with change. They have a problem with the uncertainty that the change — or the anticipation of the change — creates."
Howard has returned from the NBOA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles and …
University of Colorado at Boulder is launching the first new college on campus in over 53 years. This is the beginning of an exciting period for …
Burck Smith is the CEO and founder of StraighterLine, an education company that works to solve a major hurdle for many students: cost. They do this …
According to a study released last Tuesday, only 14% of students who start out in the community college system actually make the leap to a 4-year …
What does sustainability look like? That’s the question at hand on the show this week, as we navigate the waters of innovation and decision making through strategic use of data. Dr. Teresa Hardee, CFO and CBO at …
This week’s conversation is inspired by two pieces in higher education circles. The first, by Beckie Supiano for the Chronicle, is targeted toward …
"Higher ed needs to eat its own dog food,” says Peter Kane, CEO of e-procurement firm Unimarket. This idea of dog-fooding, the concept that institutions practice extensively in their own operations what they teach in …
This week on Navigating Change, we invite writer, speaker, and teacher, Bryan Alexander, to join us and talk about the ever changing world of higher education. As a futurist, Bryan navigates trends in the field of how …
Arguably the most challenging part of any change process is rallying the support of the people around you to join you on your way. This week on the …
Howard Teibel once again joins the ranks of presenters at the NBOA Annual Meeting 2016 in Las Angeles. This week on the show, we talk about the …
When you’re on the outside, observing teams in action, you have the benefit of the unique perspective to offer insights that lead to real change. …
This week on Navigating Change, we’re talking about the space between power and control on campus. It is somewhere between these two concepts that …
We’re back and settled into our post-EACUBO rhythm, so this week we thought we’d take a few minutes to reflect on lessons learned, lessons …
This week on Navigating Change we're once again recording live from the Cheers Lounge at the EACUBO Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Howard Teibel …
This week on Navigating Change we’re recording live from the Cheers Lounge at the EACUBO Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Howard Teibel has gathered the regional presidents for a conversation on the state of higher ed …
Disruptive Innovation, the concept that new — typically inferior — products have the tendency to crowd out better products that are more costly, has been doing it’s own crowding in higher ed leadership. This week in the …
Next month, eastern business officers and university representatives decend on Philadelphia for EACUBO’s 2015 Annual Meeting. Howard Teibel will be there, this year joining incoming EACUBO chair Lynne Schaefer hosting a …
On September 28th the NACUBO 2015 Planning and Budgeting Forum kicks off in Austin, Texas and Howard Teibel will be there, joining Sue Menditto — …
This week on Navigating Change we welcome Manu Narayan to the show. Manu is a truly renaissance man. He’s an actor of stage and screen. He’s an …
Hard skills and soft skills. We’ve certainly discussed them before. Your organization is likely full of competent leaders, managers, and team members …
Last week’s conversation on turning leaders into guides inspired us to revisit the Teibel Decision-Making Model in the light of helping guides facilitate decision-making without authority. How do you help those …
Making the transition from leader to guide, from administrator of your own institution to agent of change for others, is a complex effort both personally and professionally. At this year's AGB Conclave, new and seasoned …
NACUBO is currently developing a body of research and series of tools to help business officers and their institutions assess their place in the …
Today we’re talking about bottlenecks in project implementation, it’s a sort of spiritual follow-up to a conversation we had just a few weeks back, …
Being in the middle of a major school merger, Mike Gower knows the importance of clear and concise strategic plan. As SVP for finance and treasurer …
Nuno Cuoto lives and works from his RV. In his work as a consultant and project manager in higher education, his ultra-mobile command center has …
The Administrative Management Institute is coming up July 27-31 at Cornell University, co-sponsored by our friends at EACUBO. This is a professional …
It’s a show of a different color this week as we take on a debilitating challenge faced by so many of our colleagues: we are terrible at …
If you’re taking the stage as a presenter at the NACUBO Annual Meeting, you’re (hopefully!) well into preparing your presentation, rehearsing your …
We often talk about the power of a strong partnership between the chief academic and business officers in driving institutional change. Today, we’re talking with two individuals who demonstrate the practical success …
The board’s announcement that 2014-15 will be the last academic year for Sweet Briar College has given our field much to process. Each constituent …
Are you considering shared services? It's is a concept rich in opportunity, and rife with concern across institutions facing the pressure of change. Administratively, taking advantage of streamlining opportunities makes …
Lasting change comes in two parts. First, you have to have a clear vision of where you'd like to go, with a leadership team aligned behind a mission, …
Following up on our conversation around what's going on in the education landscape in episode 99, we're talking about collaboration — real, true, and …
We talk often about the importance of senior leadership alignment around mission, vision, and strategic goals for the institution. But once you define this strategic direction, how do you translate it into the day to …
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities just wrapped up their annual conference at Fordham University in New York City and Howard Teibel …
Recorded straight off stage from the 2015 AGB National Conference on Trusteeship, Howard Teibel shares his reflections on trusteeship, and lessons he learned working with trustees navigating their most challenging …
As we cruise toward our centennial episode of Navigating Change, we’re stepping back to share some of our key lessons learned. We’ve heard from presidents, chancellors, and trustees as they navigate their institutions …
This week on Navigating Change, we continue our conversation on governance with trustee Larry Baker. Dr. Baker serves as medical director for the emergency department of UnityPoint health in Des Moines, But for our …
The challenge and complexity around audacious change projects continues to grow in our institutions. This week on the show, we take on the impact …
Over the past month, we've talked with university presidents, trustees, and faculty, cultivating a dialog around building strong relationships …
Teibel, Inc. has been working with UMass Lowell as part of the institution’s strategic planning process. Today on the show, we’re going to dive deeper into the project with our special guests from UML, Joanne Yestramski …
Our on-going series on governance brings us to the faculty perspective this week. From the point of view of an academic leader in the institution, …
The university board has an opporunity to help guide the strategy of the institution. But striking the right balance between engagement and …
In part two of our series on governance, we turn to Rick Legon. In his role as president of the Association of Governing Boards, Legon has worked …
The forces impacting higher education add complexity to a carefully balanced system of leadership in our institutions. Unique issues face boards, …
Do you know your institutional research team? If not, you should. This question of data, and how we use it most appropriately and effectively is …
Dr. George Martin has served as president of St. Edward’s University for over 15 years. In his tenure there, he has become an expert navigator of the waters of institutional change. This year, Dr. Martin has launched a …
“In tasks of the mind, monetary incentives don’t improve performance.” So says today's guest Roger L. Martin, and in doing so he provides the …
The 2015 National Conference on Trusteeship from the Association of Governing Boards is coming up April 19-21in Phoenix and this year’s event promises a rich line-up of leaders and board members tackling the biggest …
In Norse mythology, Loki was the trickster. In one of his particularly sticky exploits, he wagered his head with a group of dwarves and lost, …
Holiday breaks are coming to a close and students are heading back to classes as we celebrate one more trip around the sun. This week on Navigating …
The 2015 National Business Officers Association Annual Meeting is coming up February 22-25 in Boston and this year’s event promises a rich line-up of speakers and educators tackling the biggest issues facing independent …
Over the last year, we’ve returned to the topic of administrative and academic collaboration a number of times. Our lesson: successful change …
Creating a culture adept at group decision making is one of the great leadership challenges. It requires alignment in the face of personal stakes on …
For those who live with it, perfectionism can be a powerful tool for creating great work, or a blunt force impeding forward motion. In either case, …
As leaders, it’s critical that we engage change on our campuses with enthusiasm, curiosity, and courage. Our teams are counting it, as are our extended constituencies — students, parents, and our community at large. In …
This week on Navigating Change we’re coming to you once again from the EACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Speakers at the conference have been taking on some of the most challenging issues facing chief …
This week on Navigating Change we’re coming to you from the EACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Speakers at the conference have been taking on some of the most challenging issues facing chief business …
This week on Navigating Change we conclude our three-part series in which we share the administrative and academic review from the inside out. Our …
When navigating complex change initiatives, there may come a time when your team will face the challenge of calling on outside support for expertise, guidance, and potentially even leadership as you cruise uncertain …
This week on Navigating Change we continue our three-part series in which we share the administrative and academic review from the inside out. Our …
The Central Association of College and University Business Officer’s Annual Meeting is coming up fast — October 5-7, Kansas City will play host to …
This week on Navigating Change we begin a three-part series to share the administrative and academic review from the inside out. Our first guest is …
There are two fundamental considerations when communicating complex information from the business office. First, do you have the right data for your audience. Second, are you communicating that data using the right …
Last week, Canisius College President John Hurley welcomed faculty, students, and staff to the 2014-15 academic year at the school’s convocation …
This week on Navigating Change, we’re thrilled to have friend of the show, Michael Gower. Michael currently serves as senior vice president of finance at Rutgers University and the chair of EACUBO. He joins us on the …
Howard Teibel will be joining the ranks of presenters at the Unimarket NOW user conference in Nashville October 22-24. To help us get ready, event co-chair Linda Penland joins us today with all the details. Linda has …
Part two in our Grant Lichtman interview picks up with the political challenges that erupt in districts across the country. In the face of these …
Grant Lichtman has quickly become one of the foremost thinkers and advocates for innovation in the classroom. His latest book, #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education, documents his 3-month journey across the …
Seasoned business officer Amir Rahnamay-Azar joins us on the show this week to share his leadership practices as a new member of the Carnegie Mellon University leadership team. Just celebrating his 1-year anniversary, …
NACUBO President John Walda joins the roundtable this week to share reflections on the NACUBO Annual Meeting 2014 in Seattle and the role of the …
NACUBO President John Walda joins the roundtable this week to share reflections on the NACUBO Annual Meeting 2014 in Seattle and the role of the …
University of Washington has become a beacon for organizational effectiveness in higher education. The work of building strength through …
We’re gearing up for the NACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting in Seattle coming July 19-22. As usual, the NACUBO team has built an incredible catalog of events …
The road to collaboration is paved with complexity. We forget that sitting on teams, driving toward improved processes and structures, fantastic new …
Howard Teibel has joined the speaker line-up of this year’s NACUBO New Business Officers Program with his presentation, “Leading, Managing, and Surviving Change.” In this week’s episode of Navigating Change, Howard and …
Following up on our conversation with Deborah Sunya Moore from The Chautauqua Institution last week, we’re picking up this conversation around the …
Taking on new challenges forces us to re-evaluate existing processes in new ways. This shake-up can introduce discomfort and confusion, par for the …
We’ve devoted many hours of this show to the role of the business officer of the institution. But today’s guest reminds us that there is great …
Fresh from his time with the National Association for Education Procurement, Howard Teibel returns to share his impressions of the 2014 annual meeting. Procurement professionals are in a unique position, with the …
In episode 52, we discussed the role of a clear mission and vision to the strategic planning process. But we left that conversation feeling …
The WACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting has just wrapped in Las Vegas, and Howard returns with his thoughts, reflections, and connections. Encounters with Sal Khan of The Khan Academy and Professor Robert Zemsky of University of …
Done right, and your mission, vision, and values statements can become beacons in your institution’s drive toward a powerful strategic plan. Done …
According to our guest Kelly Fox, Senior Vice Chancellor and CFO from University of Colorado at Boulder, communicating effectively is not just about …
In a recent editorial for the Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jeff Selingo offers his perspective on the gap between traditional education and new models of learning cropping up across the field. According to Selingo, …
A recent news item cropped up in the Chronicle pointing to a brewing rift between administrators and faculty over a transition to a shared services …
According to our special guest Greg Lovins, communication is not always easy for business officers to do. As vice chancellor for business affairs at Appalachian State University, Greg and his team are responsible to …
In “With Clarity for All,” Gail Gregory and Howard Teibel share the results of their work with leaders from Emory University, Caldwell College, and …
In his article, “Financially Strapped Colleges Grow More Vulnerable as Economic Recovery Lags,” Mark Keierleber documents the changing tide of …
Our special guest Andrew Menke serves as head of New Hampton School, an independent school with a nearly 200-year legacy in New Hampton, New …
If we're going to take on new challenges across our institutions, we have to get better at making decisions as a team. In our experience, making decisions that leverage shared experience and creativity, while not …
We’re preparing for the EACUBO 2014 Annual Workshop in just a few weeks, and to help us out, we’re joined by guest Roger Stackpoole, Vice President …
On Monday, March 3, Howard Teibel will be facilitating a conversation with Amanda Ripley, an author of the Time cover story Reinventing Higher …
Academics represents the heart and soul of the mission of a great institution. And yet, even in service of that mission, the best chief academic …
The relationship between the CBO and the institution is a powerful one. But making the transition between the role of manger to leader becomes …
In our efforts to help institutions lead change, we’re often placed in a position of helping chief business officers to sell change initiatives based on — sometimes harsh — financial realities. But arguing strategic …
Becoming a leader of change is about far more than effective project management skill. It’s a unique and delicate art that must balance the processes that support complex organizational systems with the diplomacy to …
The result of bringing together terrific individuals into a team can be a fantastic, productive foray into high calibre collaboration. Over time, we …
It’s 2014 and we’re slowly coming back to work after a break. But what are we returning to? Today’s headlines on the Chronicle of Higher Ed report backlash against presidents making too much money and the way that …
Working with a consultant on your change initiatives — internal or external — requires a shared understanding of expectations. But more important is …
Transformation is a powerful word, one we're tempted to use across our catalog of projects designed to produce change in our teams or organizations. …
Decision-making is a difficult skill for any team, but at the senior leadership or board level, making difficult decisions brings with it the weight …
When we're faced with jarring change — new role, new boss, merged organizations — we are often dealt with a complex individual emotional response. …
Howard is back from Baltimore and this week we're talking EACUBO! Administrators and business officers are continuing to grasp with radical change inside and outside our institutions. This week on the show, Howard Teibel
There is a sense from higher ed media that with great diligence and focus, we can fix all of our institutions' ills. But the changing technological …
EACUBO 2013 Annual Meeting is coming up October 6-9 in Baltimore, MD, and as usual, Teibel, Inc. will be well represented. Howard Teibel will be …
Active listening is a key skill. But while it's important to be able to listen well to teams in a period of transformation, it's even more important to be able to turn what you're observing into action. This week on the …
This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright conclude their three-part discussion on a robust decision-making process and the importance of uncovering the "why" of every change initiative. In this …
This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright continue their three-part discussion on a robust decision-making process and the importance of uncovering the "why" of every change initiative. In this …
This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright begin a three-part discussion on a robust decision-making process and the importance of uncovering the "why" of every change initiative. In this episode, we …
Loyalty is a tricky subject made only more complicated when it comes to change initiatives. This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright take on loyalty — to a person, to an institution, or to a cause — and …
Following up on our conversation around reflections on NACUBO 2013, we're digging into issues facing the finance organization on today's show. While …
We're back from the NACUBO 2013 Annual Workshop — and what a terrific week it was! Howard Teibel is back with a review of key learnings and an …
At this year's NACUBO Annual Workshop, Howard Teibel will join NCAA business officers for a rich discussion on the nature of leadership, communication, and broadening the contribution to the strategic planning process. …
This November, Howard Teibel will be heading to Chicago for the National Business Officers Association (NBOA) 2012 Strategic Leadership Conference. In brief, this is a conference dedicated to the people charged with …
Originally published in HRHorizons for the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), Helping Employees Embrace …
Academic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy …
Academic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy …
Academic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy …
Academic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy …
We underestimate what it means to collaborate. The result is often a catalog of missed opportunities for improving function across the organization, …
We’ve all been there -- the eternal ineffective meeting. The facilitator labors on and on, agenda lost long, long ago, with no end in sight. But it …
It’s easy to say you want to cultivate an environment of collaboration and communication on a team. It’s another thing all together to actually …
Walk into your next management meeting and tell your team that you think they need to learn to sell better, you're likely to feel a chill enter the room. Sales has a tough reputation inside organizations. And yet, so …
Holding a strong retreat takes planning and strategy to rally teams and build commitment. The best retreats offer a chance to capture institutional …
Implementing a Balanced Scorecard approach to quality and performance management can be tricky. Most teams are naturally cynical when it comes to new …
Measuring performance is about more than simply measuring the work of your people. Modern managers are faced with aligning the strategic goals of the organization with daily activity, and mapping performance to a …
Keeping a positive attitude on the job is hard work. In the face of political struggles, management misunderstandings, job frustration is bound to …
One of the great challenges to efficiency across organizations lies in being able to clearly communicate how work gets done, and who's doing it. …
When you inherit a new team, you inherit all the baggage that comes with it. So how do you drive toward synergy and overcome communication and process roadblocks? This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright …
Smart organizations run according to their strategic plan. But even the smartest managers can be challenged to take those plans and turn them into action. This is, in fact, the artistry that comes from being a good …
How we define "teamwork" has changed drastically. Not just in the last decade, either. In fact, the rapid evolution of communication and technology …
One great truth about managing projects and complex teams is that even the savviest of managers stands the chance of missing key cues when their teams begin to suffer. This week on the show, Howard Teibel joins host …
How do you help yourself -- and others -- in times of uncertainty? How do you stay motivated to deliver top results in your organization when those …
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