Universities are built for learning, yet they are notoriously resistant to learning from within. As external partners working to develop academic leaders, Dr. Jennifer Brown, the CEO and founder of Northstar Consulting, and I frequently observe a frustrating paradox: Institutions of higher education are highly complex systems where contemporary leadership is not only in demand, […]
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Coaches as Translators: Why Higher Education Coaching Demands an Institutional Dialect
I have spent a significant portion of my career exploring the unique and often puzzling ecosystem of university administration. When I spoke with James Walton, President of Collaborative Brain Trust, on my podcast, Coaching in Higher Education, our conversation quickly took a fascinating turn toward the business side of our field and a truth that […]