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Future-Focused Scenario Planning

To move above transactional tasks and think strategically, cabinet members need to get above their day-to-day and develop new strategic thinking skills. Use multiple potential futures to think outside the…
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How to develop an infrastructure for change that stands the test of time

Under the pressure of achieving a strategic vision, many higher ed leaders neglect the ingredients for impactful, sustained change. Read our insight for three of the most important parts to…
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How to exercise your strategic thinking muscles

Crafting a transformational vision and leading change on campus is not something that happens overnight—these skills take time and consistency to develop. Read our insight for three ways that community…
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Why “becoming strategic leaders” should be at the top of every cabinet’s to-do list

Shorter presidential tenures, a rise in no-confidence votes, and increasing public scrutiny of the sector as a whole has placed community college presidents under a microscope that many fear directly…
Community College Blog
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From Strategic Vision to Organizational Change Playbook

Use this playbook to understand the eight stages of organizational change and anticipate potential barriers.
Strategic Advisory Services for Community Colleges
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Embedding Strategy Toolkit

To make a visionary idea a reality, community college leaders must translate strategy from something that is lofty or vague to something that is more operational and implementation-focused. Use this…
Strategic Advisory Services for Community Colleges
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Preparing Principals to Lead

Principals are critical to school success, so investing in highly effective leaders should be an intentional and districtwide systematic effort. This resource covers best practices from leading districts that have…
District Leadership Forum
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Measuring K-12 Students’ Soft Skills

Research finds student soft skills development predicts future career and academic outcomes. Administrators can develop nonacademic, soft skills for students through these publicly available, time efficient, researched-back assessments of four…
District Leadership Forum
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Controversial Events Template

Controversial speakers and events are common flashpoints on campus. Manage the institutional response to these events with this tool, which provides a formal mechanism to promote coordinated, early planning.
Strategic Advisory Services
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Effective English Language Arts Operations and Programming

New state standards require new skills from students, leaving many teachers with outdated teaching practices that do not directly address standards. Compare your operations to districts that have scored highly…
District Leadership Forum