Leadership Excellence in Higher Education
Leadership in Higher Education is Unique
Most leaders begin their careers as academics with deep knowledge in their content area. But many are then tasked with leading committees, chairing departments, managing budgets and getting results with little positional authority over the groups they lead. What these leaders need is the ability to align others around a vision, to positively influence others, and build collaborative, supportive teams.
The Right Reflection has proven success in accelerating leadership development for professionals in higher education. We help leaders leverage their authentic leadership strengths and address reactive tendencies that may be limiting their effectiveness.
Testimonial
Working with Pam Hernandez is of immense help to College of Saint Mary as we seek to ensure an organizational culture attentive to our mission and values. Pam has done executive coaching with several of our faculty and staff leaders and her work has resulted in the building of stronger, more functional teams. Pam listens carefully, provides feedback skillfully, and works to ensure results to benefit the individual person as well as the team.
Dr Maryanne Stevens.
President, College of St Marys
The Higher Education Leadership Academy
Our most comprehensive offering to higher education professionals is The Higher Education Leadership Academy. Tailored to the needs and culture of Academics, Administrators and the college setting, the Higher Education Leadership Academy includes one-on-one coaching sessions, know yourself assessment surveys, and results-driven immersion and training seminars. The Higher Education Leadership Academy is a unique opportunity to gain actionable insight on your strengths and challenges.
Resources
Because you work in a very demanding field, you probably don’t have a lot of extra time to browse around for timely leadership and and higher education articles of interest. That’s why we’ve done the work for you. Check here regularly for recent web posts including artcles, books social media posts and blogs of special interest to higher education professionals.
Reading List
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Recent Higher Education & Leadershipe Articles
Recent Blogs on Leadership
Knowing when and how to “pull rank”
I love the Netflix show, “The Crown” about the English monarchy from the mid- 20th century till now. The third season is about to drop and Helena...
Are your self perceptions an illusion?
I was asked recently what is my favorite part of work. I had to think about it. I love giving keynote speeches. Conducting workshops for...
Which end of the binoculars are you using?
There’s an old joke that goes like this: How do you catch an elephant? You’ll need a pair of binoculars, some tweezers, and a milk bottle (shows how...
Bad Bosses
If you don’t see it, it will manage you. If you do see it, you can manage it. I read a statistic recently that most people will have a bad boss for...
The biggest gift we can give to others is to “see” them
“Be kind whenever possible. It’s always possible.” ---Dalai Lama I recently had two people close to me experience serious medical issues. I talked...
One trait that will help leaders make better decisions
I was reading about an interesting personality trait called “intellectual humility.” Intellectual humility is defined as, “an awareness that one’s...
