Services
Leadership
Today’s higher education leaders have to navigate troubled waters. They must be attuned to the needs and passions of multiple constituencies (board, donors, faculty, students, community, etc.) and communicate effectively.
Solutions
provide insightful counsel and an ability to listen, reflect and respond.
conduct senior team workshops to strengthen operational effectiveness and communication.
Governance
Alignment is key to institutional and student success today. Key stakeholders in governance - Boards of Trustees, Senior Administration, Faculty - are often misaligned regarding key institutional priorities.
Solutions
conduct a campus alignment assessment and lead a collaborative process to move toward institutional harmony.
lead board and leadership workshops, retreats, and discussions to strengthen communication.
Planning
Strategic planning is vital to the future success of all institutions. Planning needs to be open, inclusive, transparent, vibrant, responsive and nimble. Plans must be organic and able to come to life off of the shelf.
Solutions
conduct readiness assessment for institutional planning.
make reccommendations for creating an effective planning model.
assist in guiding the planning process.
Advancement
More and more our institutions rely on fund raising to help create stable financial models. It is not simply a switch to be turned on. It requires vision, planning, structure and assessment. It must be comprehensive:
Solutions
provide leadership training to help the president to be more effective as a fund raiser.
conduct an assessment of campus advancement operations and make reccommendations for improvement.
conduct campaign readiness assessment.
“It’s a new day in the world of higher education. Complacency and adherence to long held tradition has made it difficult for many of our colleges and universities to plan effectively and see the possibilities of a rapidly changing marketplace. Student success should be central to institutional identity. Now is the time for bold, aligned and thoughtful action to assure that success.”
— J. Michael Pressimone