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How Do We Create Better Departments?

Some of the work I’ve found most rewarding lately is thinking about how to make academic departments better – for faculty, for staff, for deans, for students. In this 6 minute video, I talk about concepts from our new Better…

Why Some Faculty Choose Leadership

Interest in administrative roles is often held with suspicion by academics. And yet, many high functioning faculty find themselves well-suited to leadership and wonder how they might do more. In fact, academic institutions and disciplines thrive only because of this…

The Importance of Faculty Transitions

The primary stages of a tenure track career are predictable, marked by a small number of highly significant transitions: the degree, an academic position, tenure, promotion, and retirement. Other momentous faculty transitions include changing institutions, shifting research directions, and stepping…

Dissonance as a Driver of Change

Dissonance drives change. The work of Piaget, Festinger and Lewin (among others) demonstrates that without dissonance, and the equally important process of resolution or integration, it is unlikely that people or organizations will let go of prior ideas and embrace…

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