ALIGNING PEOPLE TO CREATE AN INNOVATION CULTURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

BOARD LEADERSHIP RENEWAL

4 Weeks to Pivot Your Higher Ed Board
for the Post-Covid Future

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Leading Innovation and Change

A guide for Chief Student Affairs Officers on Shaping the future

by Laurence N. Smith, Albert B. Blixt, Shannon E. Ellis, Stephen J. Gill, and Kevin Kruger

Leading Innovation and Change is a manual for implementing systemic transformational change in colleges and universities. The authors detail eight steps for revolutionizing the division of student affairs into a leader and producer of institution-wide innovation and change. They present a combination of organizational theory, effective strategies, helpful tools, and practical advice, and discuss the conditions that must be present for an organization to overcome resistance to change.

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How to Ignite Real Change in a Too Busy World: Fire Up Your Leadership Team

In our work with college and university senior leaders, a key issue is managing the implementation of major change initiatives. These are initiatives that impact organizational structure, work processes and the roles and responsibilities of individuals.

How to Ignite Real Change in a Too Busy World: Gain Campus Commitment

In our work with college and university senior leaders, a key issue is managing the implementation of major change initiatives. These are initiatives that impact organizational structure, work processes and the roles and responsibilities of individuals.

How to Ignite Real Change in a Too Busy World: Create a Culture of Innovation

In Parts One and Two, we looked at how to fire up your extended leadership team and how to build commitment for your strategic vision among faculty, staff and students. In this final installment, we deal with how to shift the culture so that it accelerates innovation and change rather than blocking them.