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Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationChild’s Play: Tapping Workplace Creativity, with Keynote Speaker Kyle ScheeleThe opening speaker at the 2025 NBOA Annual Meeting will be Kyle Scheele, who is known for cooking up wild ideas that many people back for laughs and for learning. NBOA President and CEO Jeff Shields discusses with Scheele the process behind some of his outlandish projects and about being creative in the workplace. “I don’t want people to be like me,” said Scheele. “I want them to tap into their own creativity, wherever they may be working.” That might be anything from devising a financial plan to reconsidering the organizational chart. In addition to being a celebrated speaker, Scheele ha...2025-01-0928 min
The Net Assets Podcast from NBOAChild’s Play: Tapping Workplace Creativity, with Keynote Speaker Kyle ScheeleThe opening speaker at the 2025 NBOA Annual Meeting will be Kyle Scheele, who is known for cooking up wild ideas that many people back for laughs and for learning. NBOA President and CEO Jeff Shields discusses with Scheele the process behind some of his outlandish projects and about being creative in the workplace. “I don’t want people to be like me,” said Scheele. “I want them to tap into their own creativity, wherever they may be working.” That might be anything from devising a financial plan to reconsidering the organizational chart. In addition to being a celebrated speaker, Scheele ha...2024-12-1027 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Language of Action: Moving Beyond Communication BreakdownThis week, Pete Wright and Howard Teibel dive deep into the topic of weak communication practices and their consequences in organizations. Howard, drawing from his extensive experience working with teams and leaders, shares insights on how miscommunication often stems from focusing on passing information rather than producing action and exploring assessments.The duo discusses five key consequences of weak communication: mistrust and lack of listening, working in isolation, blame-shifting, people not making offers, and building consensus over-commitment. Howard emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between assessments and assertions, encouraging individuals to back up their assessments with evidence. He...2024-11-0748 min
The Net Assets Podcast from NBOATransforming School Business Through Tech ChoicesAt Stevenson School in picturesque Pebble Beach, California, the school’s data operations team is turning technology on its head. Rather than building business processes around available technology, they’re harnessing technology to facilitate more efficient and strategic business processes. As a result, more staff can access the data they need when they need it, and the school is primed for enterprise-wide AI data analysis. CIO Nathan Gault speaks with hosts Jeff Sheilds and Howard Teibel about his journey from the hallowed halls of Yale to industry, specifically in higher education software, and now to the independent school world, wher...2024-10-0831 min
The Net Assets Podcast from NBOABeyond Statements: Leading with Authentic DialogueWhen crisis strikes, school leaders often feel pressure to make a statement and move on. But in the latest episode of The Net Assets Podcast, Jeff Sheilds and Howard Teibel speak with a school head taking a radically different approach.Kalyan Balavan, head of the Dunn School in Santa Barbara County, is leading his community through an authentic dialogue about the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict. Rather than taking sides, Kal has worked to facilitate open and curious conversations, bringing in diverse perspectives to educate students about this complex geopolitical issue.As a classroom teacher turned administrator...2024-08-1335 min
The Net Assets Podcast from NBOAGrowing Campus, Navigating CommunityWhen Louisville Collegiate School was offered a once-in-a-generation opportunity to expand its campus within a tight urban landscape, school leaders rejoiced. Despite thorough due diligence, they had to adjust course when parts of the community objected to what seemed like a win-win situation. CFO Deana Paradis shares how the business leader played an important role managing change, which has resulted in a more unified campus with less traffic congestion and stronger community partnerships. Jeff Shields, NBOA President and CEO, and Howard Teibel, President of Teibel Education Consulting, explore with Paradis lessons learned and successes earned in navigating campus growth. 2024-06-0431 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Teamwork Behind a TurnaroundWe are thrilled to present this episode of the Net Assets Podcast, a partnership between NBOA and Teibel Education Consulting, with NBOA President and CEO Jeff Shields and Teibel Education President Howard Teibel.This episode marks the first in what we hope will become a collection of some of the best and most illuminating interviews dedicated to you, independent school business leaders. As NBOA grows into its new brand identity, we have the great privilege of launching this podcast with a conversation about an institution unafraid of telling the story of what makes them...2024-04-1631 min
The Net Assets Podcast from NBOAThe Teamwork Behind a TurnaroundWe are thrilled to present this episode of the Net Assets Podcast, a partnership between NBOA and Teibel Education Consulting, with NBOA President and CEO Jeff Shields and Teibel Education President Howard Teibel.This episode marks the first in what we hope will become a collection of some of the best and most illuminating interviews dedicated to you, independent school business leaders. As NBOA grows into its new brand identity, we have the great privilege of launching this podcast with a conversation about an institution unafraid of telling the story of what makes them great, a school...2024-04-0930 min
The Net Assets Podcast from NBOAWelcome to The Net Assets PodcastWelcome to the Net Assets Podcast, a partnership between NBOA and Teibel Education Consulting.Each episode will serve to expand on a popular article in NBOA's Net Assets magazine. We'll delve into the most pressing issues in independent school business and operations and we'll hear from chief financial and operational officers alongside other leaders of school business as they share what inspires and challenges them, what motivates them to solve their most challenging problems, and what fuels their engines of innovation. The Net Assets Podcast is brought to you by NBOA, the only national nonprofit m...2024-03-2601 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationNBOA CEO Jeff Shields on Navigating Independent School Challenges and the 2024 NBOA Annual MeetingThis week, Jeff Shields, President and CEO at NBOA, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on the future of independent schools ahead of the 2024 NBOA Annual Meeting & Business Solutions Showcase. Howard and Jeff speak about issues of integrating telework, the sustainability of post-pandemic innovations, and the critical importance of community and collaboration in sparking transformative ideas.“Your next best idea is not going to come from walking down the hallway at your own school,” he says, “It will come from being among more than a thousand people in an international community who have walked in your shoes,” he conti...2024-01-0227 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationWACUBO 2023 Annual Conference: Rising to the Challenge with WACUBO President Brad BacaAs we continue our gradual emergence from a certain hibernation over the last three years, the opportunity to engage with our colleagues is more critical than ever. Brad Bacca, President of Western Colorado University and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers, sits down this week with Howard Teibel as they turn their attention to the upcoming WACUBO Annual Conference coming April 30 to May 3 in Phoenix, Arizona. This year's theme is Rising to the Challenge - A call to intentionally engage in what we've learned and face our challenges with renewed resilience.You c...2023-03-1622 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationElevating Our Game at NBOA’s 2022 Annual MeetingUnbeknownst to us in February 2020, we were about to go into a certain kind of hibernation, one forced on us by the circumstances of our time. Two years into this, we may be seeing the beginning of the light at the end of the tunnel – learning how to live with this global pandemic and bring back the kind of social connection we value and need.Jeff Shields, President and CEO of the National Business Officers Association, and Howard Teibel turn their attention to looking forward in anticipation of the upcoming NBOA Annual Meeting to be held in Ch...2022-02-0130 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationElevating Our Game at NBOA’s 2022 Annual MeetingUnbeknownst to us in February 2020, we were about to go into a certain kind of hibernation, one forced on us by the circumstances of our time. Two years into this, we may be seeing the beginning of the light at the end of the tunnel – learning how to live with this global pandemic and bring back the kind of social connection we value and need.Jeff Shields, CEO of the National Business Officers Association and Howard Teibel turn their attention to looking forward in anticipation of the upcoming NBOA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago this Fe...2022-02-0130 minNavigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLooking Beyond the Enrollment Cliff with Professor Nathan GraweJoining Howard Teibel today in conversation is Dr. Nathan Grawe, distinguished teaching professor of the social sciences at Carleton College, where he has served on the faculty since 1999. You might have seen Nathan's work as it relates to the framing of the enrollment cliff, something that's been exacerbated and accelerated in this last year.As we find ourselves beginning to emerge out of lockdowns in our lives — and for many of us on our campuses — the big question is how will we navigate back to what Georgia Tech is framing as a *return to better*? This...2021-04-1536 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLooking Beyond the Enrollment Cliff with Professor Nathan GraweJoining Howard Teibel today in conversation is Dr. Nathan Grawe, distinguished teaching professor of the social sciences at Carleton college, where he has served on the faculty since 1999. You might have seen Nathan's work as it relates to the framing of the enrollment cliff, something that's been exacerbated and accelerated in this last year.As we find ourselves beginning to emerge out of lockdowns in our lives — and for many of us on our campuses — the big question is how will we navigate back to what Georgia Tech is framing as a return to better?This...2021-04-1536 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationInfusing Innovation into Your Institution: Building Sustainable Change – A Conversation with Howard Teibel and Jeff ShieldsAs we turn our energy to 2021, we can begin to catch a glimpse of getting on the other side of this crisis. Independent school leaders have implemented innovations over the last nine months that they could only dream about prior to the pandemic. The question now is can they sustain these changes with intentionality. Jeff Shields, CEO of the National Business Officers Association and Howard Teibel explore these questions in anticipation of the upcoming February all-virtual NBOA Annual Meeting. The opportunity in this year is to prepare ourselves with the right state of mind – resiliency, ambition for chan...2021-01-1433 minNavigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationInfusing Innovation into Your Institution: Building Sustainable Change – A Conversation with Howard Teibel and Jeff ShieldsAs we turn our energy to 2021, we can begin to catch a glimpse of getting on the other side of this crisis. Independent school leaders have implemented innovations over the last nine months that they could only dream about prior to the pandemic. The question now is can they sustain these changes with intentionality. Jeff Shields, CEO of the National Business Officers Association and Howard Teibel explore these questions in anticipation of the upcoming February all-virtual NBOA Annual Meeting. The opportunity in this year is to prepare ourselves with the right state of mind – _resiliency, ambition for chan...2021-01-1333 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationDiscovering the Highest Purpose of Your Organization — It’s not what you think it isThis is an important conversation to listen to the whole way through. First, ask yourself: what’s the highest purpose of your organization? Likely you have an answer, something you’ve been told, or something you’ve absorbed through your experience over the years. But maybe the greater truth is that we need to discover our organization’s purpose with our people. When we move to higher purpose, we form a contract with each other that transcends normal management theory – the need for greater control. Dr. Robert Quinn and Howard Teibel pick up where they left...2020-06-2527 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe 60-Year Curriculum with Rovy BranonOur guest is working to develop the 60-year curriculum, one with an eye toward a lifetime of education.Rovy Branon serves as Vice Provost for Continuum College at University of Washington. When you are a learner at Continuum College, you are taking part in one of the most aggressively innovative programs dedicated to bringing education to non-traditional students. Branon and his team are part of a dynamic shift in how we think about education well beyond the traditional student. This week, Rovy joins Howard Teibel to share the story of Continuum College, and how their w...2020-02-2647 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationPreparing Your Team to Face the Unnamed Disruptors with Guest Mike GowerThere is an unnamed disruptor around the corner. So says our guest today, Rutgers University’s Mike Gower. As Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and University Treasurer, the breadth and depth of his involvement in university operations is extensive. With decades of experience in the field, one might expect him to carry more answers than questions these days. That, according to Gower, is far from the case, and the unnamed disruptor - the change you haven’t seen coming - is always right around the next corner.Being a part of the leadership team for an i...2020-01-0739 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Momentum, Trust and Commitment around Strategic PlanningCutting a path through the political and emotional landscape to deliver a strong strategic plan is an act of courage. Even with a clear consensus that a strategic plan is required, connecting intention to action is a massive undertaking. That’s precisely what Rhode Island School of Design’s leadership achieved with their 2020-2027 NEXT Strategic Plan. Under the management of Taylor Scott, RISD Chief of Staff & Communications, and the rest of the diverse RISD team, they developed a campus-wide effort to prioritize resources, gain commitment, and drive toward a productive new vision of the institution for t...2019-10-2938 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBecoming part of the solution with Roger L. MartinIn February 2015, Roger L. Martin joined us to talk about innovation, incentive, and inspiration. This is the stuff that drives teams to face the most complex, stubborn challenges with surprising and creative solutions.That episode quickly cemented itself as one of our most listened-to episodes in the nine years that we have been producing this show. Roger effortlessly demonstrates the kind of approach to change that has become foundational to our work at Teibel Ed. We're not solving problems, we’re navigating uncertainty.In his time as Dean of the Rotman School at the University of...2019-09-1937 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Nature of RequestsRequests are not directives — they live in conversation
How often do we find ourselves hearing a request, waiting until we walk away from that person, and then say to ourselves, “I have no idea what my boss or colleague is asking me to do?” This universal experience is both comical and frustrating at the same time.
Making and receiving requests are foundational speech acts in the workplace. Done with care, a request reveals both conditions of satisfaction for the speaker and the critical role of the listener as a partner in the exchange. Through conversation, we can...2019-09-0328 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGoodwill is not a Skill Set: Dr. Menah Pratt-Clarke on shifting our approach to the dialog on diversity and inclusion on campusDr. Menah Pratt-Clarke has dedicated her career as an educator to helping others better understand some of the most charged encounters we face. She is a thought leader in diversity and inclusion and even as her area of study engages in conversations that range from discomfort to rage, her approach to helping her institution find its voice on these issues is one worth understanding.
Dr. Pratt-Clarke joins Howard Teibel on the show today and what starts as a discussion about the role of diversity and inclusion in the education environment turns quickly to our waning collective skill...2019-07-0933 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe First Team: Being on the same page as your leadership teamWho is on your first team?
If I said to you, "tell me about your team", you likely would report about those who are your direct reports. This is not only natural, it's the way we orient ourselves to get our work done. The principle of “Team Number 1”, introduced by Patrick Lencioni, asks you to consider your first team as the person you report to and your peers.
This week on the show, Howard Teibel introduces the first team model through the lens of higher education. Although work is performed within our organizational units, the miss...2019-06-2828 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLessons in vulnerability and candor with Howard Teibel and Lampros FatsisThis week on the show, we invite our colleague Lampros Fatsis to explore our Group Coaching program and share lessons learned in personal transformation.
To learn more about Group Coaching Program, click here.
About Lampros Fatsis
Lampros has over 20 years’ experience in organizational change consulting and executive & team coaching. He holds three degrees from MIT and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationMoving Mountains: Provoking Change in Higher Education with Carol Mullaney and Brent RubenThis week on the show, Howard Teibel sits down with two esteemed leaders in the higher education space. Carol Mullaney serves as Senior Director for the Offices of Sustainability and Continuous Improvement, and president elect for the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation (NCCI). Brent Ruben is director of the Rutgers Leadership Academy and faculty member at the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. His years of contribution change leadership have yielded more than 50 books and 200 journal articles and book chapters to his name.
Carol and Brent join...2019-04-3042 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe New Normal is Normal Now with NBOA President Jeff ShieldsOn the eve of NBOA's 2019 Annual Meeting, President and CEO Jeff Shields joins Howard Teibel for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of change and leadership. Their conversation centers on the change in the narrative in independent school education as many in the field have adjusted to a new normal, incorporating new models in tuition and financial management across their operations. What’s more, he introduces Business Intelligence for Independent Schools — or BIIS — a tool for NBOA member institutions and business officers to analyze an exhaustive range of financial data and turn it into meaningful information.
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Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationFrom Ladders to Drones to a Culture of Authentic CollaborationLarry Levine leads the information technology organization for University of Colorado at Boulder. Scott Munson leads the information technology group for the University of Colorado system. Between the two, University of Colorado IT has ushered in a new era of collaboration that embraces not just their teams, but departments and functions that span the University.
And yet, collaboration is a tricky word. What Munson and Levine discovered was that while they had been cooperating between departments — completing tasks, checking boxes, et cetera — it was rare that the departments came together to innovate toward solutions to their biggest chal...2018-10-3020 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationAre you Building a Resilient Higher Ed Culture? — FAEF Leadership Panel 2018Howard Teibel moderated a panel of three financial officers at First American Education Finance’s Peer Discussion event after the 2018 NACUBO Annual Meeting. Hear the stories of industry experts from private and public institutions who are empowering members of their campus communities to play a key role in driving innovative change. Bill Davies (Mount St. Mary's University), J.J. Wagner Davis (George Mason University), and Don Matthewson (University of Southern California), offered their experience and insight in how to build a resilient culture for the future of higher education.
Our great thanks to First American Education Finance for host...2018-08-2358 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationIncentives for Innovation and Navigation with guest Roger L. MartinIn February 2015, Roger L. Martin joined as a guest to talk about innovation, incentive, and inspiration that drives creative solutions to complexity. In 2017, Roger was named the world's #1 management thinker by Thinkers50, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers.
This episode quickly cemented itself as one of our most listened-to episode in the eight years that we have been producing this show. Roger effortlessly demonstrates the kind of approach to change that has become foundational to our work at Teibel Ed. We're not solving problems, we’re navigating accelerating change and uncertainty. Just wait to he...2018-04-1737 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Your Culture from the Bottom Up — The Operations ReviewPeople can see change as an affront to the way things have always been done. They’re right to feel this way.
When we shift to engaging each other in culture change, something happens. People begin to see the change as a sign of progress, and not an attack on tradition. How do you produce this transformation?
This week on the show, Howard Teibel leads us through a campus-wide process that can build this kind of emotional resiliency. Reducing costs, creating efficiencies, and generating revenue is not just about our financial picture. It’s about engag...2018-01-2527 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationFacing Our Future from the Inside Out: WACUBO Leadership SymposiumAs emerging leaders, we are challenged by the question of where to focus our time and energy that makes a difference. What does it mean to be an orchestrator of change and lead others through these historical times in education? Orchestrating change demands a mindset and cultivation of mood that opens possibilities for us and those around us. Now more than ever, we need to build bridges between our administrative functions, the academy and countless constituents we serve. On Thursday, January 18th, Howard Teibel will be delivering the opening keynote address at WACUBO’s Leadership Symposium, exploring the type of...2017-11-2817 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationReimagining Budget & Planning at EACUBO 2017 Annual MeetingOnce again this year, EACUBO and its members outdid themselves in building and hosting the 2017 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. As a part of the event, Howard Teibel was asked to facilitate a panel of three esteemed panelists for a conversation on reimagining budget and planning. But that title hardly captures where the discussion ultimately went.
The challenges facing finance leaders are many, but above and beyond the day-to-day shuffle of administration, how do leaders across the institution stay present in the vision and the mission of the institution? How do you find inspiration in a vision of...2017-11-151h 06
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBreaking Down Barriers with University of La Verne President Devorah LiebermanThis week on the show Howard Teibel sits down again with University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman.
President Lieberman begins by sharing the story of a windfall donation that caused the school to think more broadly about giving, celebrating the role the institution serves in the community to help engender enthusiasm and direct financial support beyond alumni.
Then, she introduces a course that she leads herself, co-teaching with a president at another university, in another country, a shared stage blended with international students, designed to give practical experience in breaking down borders in education.2017-09-0510 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationFinding Solutions Beyond the Higher Ed SilosHoward Teibel has joined the line-up of presenters at this year's Administrative Management Institute at Cornell University. This week on the show, Howard shares the inspiration for his presentation, Creating a Culture of Innovation & Creativity. Using examples of the work of animation studio Pixar under the leadership of Ed Catmull, attendees will learn to design a process that encourages people to think differently about organizational problem solving while generating a high level of enthusiasm, energy, and positivity across divisions.
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Administrative Management Institute at Cornell University
NACUBO HR Horizons: “Loosen the Grip on Silo Thinking”
Navi...2017-07-1111 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThere’s No Silver Bullet for Financial Sustainability with University of La Verne President Devorah LiebermanThis week on the show Howard Teibel sits down again with University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman. Today, President Lieberman shares insights into the planning process with background on the University’s 2020 plan, forecasting 30-year career demand, and driving toward sustainability while maintaining agility.
Beyond theory, La Verne is demonstrating their promise of innovation through two programs designed to meet the needs of its community. The first increases access to education that meets future career demand, while the second improves the availability of aid to serve students today. Learn more about these creative programs from President Li...2017-06-2715 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationMajor in a Mission — Lessons in the Future with University of La Verne President Devorah LiebermanThis week on the show Howard Teibel sits down with University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman. Her tenure at La Verne and her approach to leadership is defined by a guiding principle: that students select a major not based solely on their interest in a specific discipline, but in a mission, a guiding cause that reflects the mark they want to make in the world.
President Lieberman joins Howard to share how this principle has come to reflect not just the encouragement she offers her students, but the approach the administration takes to ask deeper questions...2017-04-1113 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLooking to the Business Model for True Innovation with Rick StaisloffThis week on the show, founder and principal of rpkGROUP, Rick Staisloff, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on leadership from the outside in. As seasoned consultants to higher education, the two address how to affect the way leadership sees themselves, the contingencies forcing change. According to Staisloff, if colleges want to be truly innovative, they need to start by educating their own leaders about the business model. How can this first step serve to improve the types of investments made in innovation, the expectations of these initiatives, and achieving a holistic cultural change on campus?
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Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationClimbing the Arc of Change in Independent Schools with NBOA’s Jeff ShieldsFriend of the show Jeff Shields is back to talk about building monumental change in independent schools as a preview of the 2017 NBOA Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. As President and CEO of NBOA, Jeff’s charter is to lift business officers beyond the baseline expectations of their roles and help them become change agents and true leaders in their schools. This week on the show, Jeff offers insight into one of the key learning opportunities to that end for independent school business officers, the NBOA Annual Meeting platform.
Howard Teibel will once again join the ra...2017-02-2124 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationFixing the Flaws in the Academic Business Model with Bill MassyHoward Teibel recently sat down with noted educator and prolific writer Dr. Bill Massy talk about our changing perception of universities as complex human systems. The advanced modeling work that Dr. Massy has over his distinguished career has helped institutions around the world to better understand pedagogical performance improvement and the relationship of that work to administration and leadership through sound operational models.
The mix of tradition, culture, rules, norms, finance, pedagogy, and how we collaborate across the aisle — all of these elements contribute to the mix of our higher ed learning institutions. Dr. Massey is an awa...2017-01-3132 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationSolving Student Housing Woes through Public-Private PartnershipThe Public-Private Partnership is proving to be one of the more compelling solutions to complex financing challenges on campus, and if you’re not up to speed, you should start asking questions. This week on the show, Marcus Grimm joins us from Benchmark Construction to help us do just that, and tell us the story of Millersville University and their pledge to build robust new residential facilities without impacting their debt capacity.
But this story is just a preview. On December 1, Howard Teibel will be facilitating a webinar with guests from Millersville, Student Services, Inc., and RISE Re...2016-11-1015 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationScope, Solution & Strategy — A tale of project management efficiencyMost new engagements begin with an idea. Leadership presents an objective and the team gets to work. Whether it’s a strategy retreat or a new team-building program, the most common march is one of people moving, celebrating activity, without a pause to ask the question: will this approach achieve the results we’re looking to achieve?
This week on the show, Howard Teibel shares a few common missteps in project management that can derail initiatives and offers three steps toward meeting collective buy-in and establishing momentum on your next project undertaking!2016-07-1920 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel Education"A Voice, a Vote, and a Veto" — A Human Approach to Shared GovernanceHoward Teibel’s latest feature, “A Voice, a Vote, and a Veto,” hits the pages of this month’s issue of NACUBO Business Officer Magazine. It’s an approach to shared governance you might not be hearing right now, not focusing on rules, regulations, or fiduciary responsibility, rather addressing the human dynamic of shared governance and how developing your institutional skill in collaboration fosters balance and growth across academic, administration and board leadership. Our conversation today serves as both a preview, and a roadmap of three key concepts that will help you and your administrative and academic units to approach share...2016-06-0714 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationWACUBO Live — Incoming WACUBO Presidents Share the Pressure and Opportunity of Leadership LegacyThis week we have the second of our live podcasts coming to you from the Western Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Conference in San Francisco. Howard Teibel is joined by the incoming WACUBO presidents in which they share their hopes and insights around the power of a diverse and inclusive association, along with living up to the pressure of the legacy of leaders that has come before.
Our guests this week include…
WACUBO president Jean Vock, currently associate dean at Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
WACUBO 2nd vice president, Robert Moore, curre...2016-05-1019 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationCultivating Organizational Excellence at WACUBO 2016In just a few weeks, the Western Association of College and University Business Officers 2016 Annual Conference is set to convene in San Francisco, California. The program is full of incredible speakers and events kicking off Sunday, April 24 with a Keynote by former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, and a catalog of university presidents and business officers who are leading the charge for change in their institutions. You can find out more about the conference at wacubo.org.
Ruth Johnston is Associate Vice President at University of Washington. As such, she serves as Chief of Staff for Pl...2016-04-1223 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationManaging for the Future while Solving Problems of Today with Bentley University President Gloria LarsonAt this year’s EACUBO Annual Workshop in Boston, Howard Teibel shared the stage with Bentley University President Gloria Larson in a conversation titled Building and Supporting your Leadership Team that centered on how leadership teams communicate their shared vision for success across the institution.
This week, we have a follow-up conversation between President Larson and Howard Teibel in which they share their observations in a few key areas:
Hear President Larson’s position on the opportunities that come with generational transitions and power of the Millennial “triple bottom line” awareness
Learn about the Bentley’s Center for Wom...2016-03-2929 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Toughest Job — 2016 Student Financial Services ConferenceWhen we talk about good customer service in higher education, what does that mean? Do your teams recoil at the word ‘customer’? Is there a shared interest in delivering quality service across the institution? If any of these questions are challenging for you to answer, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel shares his insights in working with teams to embrace service across the institution. What does it take to bring a service mindset to your team? How do you help your team to better understand the audience you serve? Better s...2016-03-0114 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationAddressing the Myths of Higher EducationThis week’s conversation is inspired by two pieces in higher education circles. The first, by Beckie Supiano for the Chronicle, is targeted toward telling the story of college pricing and the overall education market to key constituent audiences. The second, from Daemen College President Gary Olson, attempts to address six common myths around private higher education. Both articles highlight the undercurrent in our industry today- that we have lost ownership of the conversation around higher education in the media, and the tone is shifting to one of economic scandal above opportunity.
This week on the show, Ho...2015-12-3022 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationFractions of ChangeArguably the most challenging part of any change process is rallying the support of the people around you to join you on your way. This week on the show, we present Howard Teibel’s model for approaching any population you’re trying to influence in a specific direction. No, this isn’t about re-programming or hypnosis, though that would certainly be easier, even if ethically challenged. This model is for you — the change agent — a method of reframing your audience, of refocusing your efforts, and of driving the support of your most valuable supporters while not being distracted by those who 2015-12-0121 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Levers and Pulleys of Financial Sustainability at NBOA 2016Howard Teibel once again joins the ranks of presenters at the NBOA Annual Meeting 2016 in Las Angeles. This week on the show, we talk about the levers and pulleys of financial sustainability — tools of financial officers to make change toward financial sustainability, enrollment, and growth — that provide the seed for Howard’s deep dive session to come at the conference. Striking the balance between enrollment management, financial aid, diversity and fiscal sustainability drives the forward thinking business officer, and we’re taking on these topics today.2015-11-1720 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationPower, Control & Shared GovernanceThis week on Navigating Change, we’re talking about the space between power and control on campus. It is somewhere between these two concepts that there exists a détente between well-meaning though protective faculty and campus leaders. As an ideal, each recognizes their own power and influence, and uses it to build a better community of learners. More often, power is wielded to protect turf and demonstrate authority at the expense of true progress.
Today, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright discuss the tools and controls in place to help institutional leaders come to agreement and craft a m...2015-11-0330 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLive from EACUBO 2015 — Gregg Goldman & Dave Button on Common CBO Challenges, OpportunitiesThis week on Navigating Change we're once again recording live from the Cheers Lounge at the EACUBO Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Howard Teibel hosts a conversation this week with two esteemed guests: Gregg Goldman, SVP and CFO at The University of Arizona and Chair of NACUBO, and Dave Button, CBO at University of Regina in Saskatchewan and past president of CAUBO. Each brings a unique perspective on the state of CBO readiness for complexity in the coming year, and they uncover a series of fascinating parallels in the state of higher eduction between the US and Canada.2015-10-2016 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLive from EACUBO 2015—The Regional Presidents Gather!This week on Navigating Change we’re recording live from the Cheers Lounge at the EACUBO Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Howard Teibel has gathered the regional presidents for a conversation on the state of higher ed after a day of learning in sessions. For our time, we take on how the regions are equipping their members to take back the dialog on the value of higher education in a media landscape that has not been so kind.
Special thanks to WACUBO President Lynn Valenter, SACUBO President Ben Crutcher, and EACUBO Chair Mike Gower for their insights this we...2015-10-1321 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationYes, you can own your Disruptive InnovationDisruptive Innovation, the concept that new — typically inferior — products have the tendency to crowd out better products that are more costly, has been doing it’s own crowding in higher ed leadership. This week in the Chronicle, Evan Goldstein does his part to unravel the mystique of Clay Christensen and the DI landslide, a fascinating article in and of itself.
There is clearly disruption in higher ed. Does it fit the model of Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation to the letter? Perhaps not. But today on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright talk about the role of disrupti...2015-10-0626 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationEACUBO’s Lynne Schaefer on Strategic Conversations and Leading ChangeNext month, eastern business officers and university representatives decend on Philadelphia for EACUBO’s 2015 Annual Meeting. Howard Teibel will be there, this year joining incoming EACUBO chair Lynne Schaefer hosting a conversation on Facilitating Strategic Conversations. How do you engage your team to take on complex projects? How do you rally around objectives that are handed down to you? How do you adjust your course when you realize your group is mired in old thinking? This week on the show, Lynne joins us for a conversation on all this and more as we gear up for another terrific conference....2015-09-2931 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationNACUBO’s Sue Menditto on Building the Organization you WantOn September 28th the NACUBO 2015 Planning and Budgeting Forum kicks off in Austin, Texas and Howard Teibel will be there, joining Sue Menditto — NACUBO’s director of accounting policy — in a presentation on leadership and change and getting the organization you want. We’re thrilled to have Sue join us for our conversation today.
Sue kicks us off with some background on the conference and makes a fantastic case for attending. This is the fourth year for the Planning and Budgeting forum and 2015 is already at capacity.
From there, Howard and Sue walk us through a concep...2015-09-1526 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Five Unbelievable Things You Don't Know are Broken in your Leadership Teams!Hard skills and soft skills. We’ve certainly discussed them before. Your organization is likely full of competent leaders, managers, and team members well qualified to perform their functions, expert finance leaders, marketing and enrollment specialists, academic leaders, and beyond. This week, Gail Gregory and Howard Teibel share their insights into the challenges they’re seeing across institutions. Our sensationalist headline aside, the not-so-surprising key learning: institutions replete with technical talent may be facing a shortage in the soft skills that can keep people working together and delivering results!2015-09-0128 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationRevisiting Decision-Making: Do you really understand the conversation you’re in?Last week’s conversation on turning leaders into guides inspired us to revisit the Teibel Decision-Making Model in the light of helping guides facilitate decision-making without authority. How do you help those empowered and accountable for change move through difficult decisions without skin the game yourself? This week we walk through the model through this lens and post the key question plaguing so many teams focused on change: Do you really understand the conversations you’re in? The projects you’re accountable to deliver? Why your institution needs you where you are, doing what you’re doing today?
This w...2015-08-2523 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationHelping Leaders Transform to Guides at AGBMaking the transition from leader to guide, from administrator of your own institution to agent of change for others, is a complex effort both personally and professionally. At this year's AGB Conclave, new and seasoned administrators alike came together to learn and share as they work to turn their experience into support for others. This week on the show, Howard Teibel shares his experience leading a small portion of the Conclave, and offers insight into the challenges and opportunities ahead of us as we work together toward a strengthening higher education environment.2015-08-1822 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationPresumptions, Assumptions, and New Realities: The NACUBO Economic Models ProjectNACUBO is currently developing a body of research and series of tools to help business officers and their institutions assess their place in the economic landscape of higher education. Changing demographics and a decline in students, decline in state funding, decline in philanthropy, and an increase in tuition and fees above CPI are just a few of the factors impacting higher ed operations and the public impression of American institutions.
Thanks to research led by Senior Fellow of Finance and Campus Management Bob Shea, NACUBO is taking the lead in creating a definitive set of factors and...2015-07-3029 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationMergers & Aspirations with Rutgers CBO Mike Gower from NACUBO 2015Being in the middle of a major school merger, Mike Gower knows the importance of clear and concise strategic plan. As SVP for finance and treasurer at Rutgers, Mike has an active role in leading change as these institutions come together, aligning resources and data in service of delivering top tier education for their students.
This week, Mike joins Howard Teibel in Nashville, TN, as they take a few minutes out of their busy NACUBO Annual Meeting schedule to share thoughts on leadership and change in the spirit of the gathered community of finance leaders.2015-07-2035 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationChoose YOU — The Importance of Vacations & Downtime in Delivering Great WorkIt’s a show of a different color this week as we take on a debilitating challenge faced by so many of our colleagues: we are terrible at disconnecting, recharging, and prioritizing ourselves over our work. The idea for this show started as a chance to talk about how we’re pledging to take smarter vacations, but it doesn’t take long before we veer into culture and the demands of communication, technology, and stress. No, this isn’t about higher ed, but if you work in this field with us, you know where we’re coming from. As we transit...2015-06-3029 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationCreativity at a Crossroads: the CAO/CBO Partnership at University of ColoradoWe often talk about the power of a strong partnership between the chief academic and business officers in driving institutional change. Today, we’re talking with two individuals who demonstrate the practical success that comes from just this sort of partnership, as their institution is truly tested with a change in their fundamental economic reality.
Faced with declines in state funding leading the nation, University of Colorado has been forced to develop innovative solutions that allow the institution to maintain its position as a leading research institution, while maintain affordability for its students. Doing so has required a...2015-06-1630 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationShared Services as a Tool for ChangeAre you considering shared services? It's is a concept rich in opportunity, and rife with concern across institutions facing the pressure of change. Administratively, taking advantage of streamlining opportunities makes intuitive sense; sharing administrative and technological resources across the university rather than department by department has the potential for reduced costs, increased specialization and expertise, and greater consistency in work practices. But the process of changing across the university is often misunderstood in an effort to sell benefits to impacted departments.
This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright offer insights and experience in moving...2015-06-0230 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationEmpowering Teams to Take Initiative with New Hampton School's Andrew MenkeLasting change comes in two parts. First, you have to have a clear vision of where you'd like to go, with a leadership team aligned behind a mission, and a strategy to get there. Second, you have to build a culture that not only encourages, but inspires individuals to take action in support of your strategy each and every day. It is from incremental daily action that sweeping institutional change emerges. How do you lead from behind and mentor others to step forward? This week, Howard Teibel and Andrew Menke discuss strategies behind empowering teams to take initiative.2015-05-2639 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Need for Authentic CollaborationFollowing up on our conversation around what's going on in the education landscape in episode 99, we're talking about collaboration — real, true, and authentic collaboration between teams that don't fully understand one another. It's a conversation in which we attempt to resolve the noise between faculty, administrators, boards, and students in favor of improved signal. As Howard so aptly observes, "Success, for many presidents and cabinents, is simply the absence of collective dissent."
This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright offer suggestions and observations to help institutions break down barriers and move toward significant and au...2015-05-1916 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Danger of Thinking in ProjectsWe talk often about the importance of senior leadership alignment around mission, vision, and strategic goals for the institution. But once you define this strategic direction, how do you translate it into the day to day activities that move the institution forward? This week, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright discuss the importance of making the leap from “project thinking” to framing change around transformation, dodging the stagnation that comes with the return to business as usual, once change projects close.2015-05-1221 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationJesuit lessons on leading cultural change from AJCU 2015The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities just wrapped up their annual conference at Fordham University in New York City and Howard Teibel was on hand with our friends from Loyola to discuss "A New Way of Proceeding," Loyola's administrative and academic review. You've heard us talk about this project before on the podcast in our series on Loyola's work. This week, we're looking back on the project as Howard and the Loyola leadership team take the stage to present the results of their work and the ongoing transformation they're seeing at the institution.2015-05-0515 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLessons from AGB's National Conference on TrusteeshipRecorded straight off stage from the 2015 AGB National Conference on Trusteeship, Howard Teibel shares his reflections on trusteeship, and lessons he learned working with trustees navigating their most challenging issues. From the coming closure of Sweet Briar, to the challenges of institutionalizing change, Howard and Pete dive into the importance of changing our thinking from cooperation to collaboration, and shifting adversarial relationships toward finding alignment across the entire institution.2015-04-2718 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationWhat are Presidents, Chancellors, and Cabinets Dealing with Today?As we cruise toward our centennial episode of Navigating Change, we’re stepping back to share some of our key lessons learned. We’ve heard from presidents, chancellors, and trustees as they navigate their institutions though the rough seas of higher education, from the funding challenges facing the large publics to the demand challenges of community colleges, the value challenges of the smaller liberal arts colleges to the credibility challenges of the for profits. This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright take a walk through the issues facing each group and set the stage for lessons yet...2015-04-2018 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationDr. Larry Baker Brings Communication, Humor to Trusteeship in IowaThis week on Navigating Change, we continue our conversation on governance with trustee Larry Baker. Dr. Baker serves as medical director for the emergency department of UnityPoint health in Des Moines, But for our conversation today, his most important role is as trustee, serving as chair on the board of Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center.
Our conversation has wound around a central theme: What is it that stakeholders in leadership look for in one another as they guide the collective institution? From the trustee perspective, how do you tell the story of relationship building with the...2015-04-1325 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGovernance — Finding Balance Between the Board and Administration with St. Edward’s President George MartinThe university board has an opporunity to help guide the strategy of the institution. But striking the right balance between engagement and over-involvement in leadership can be a challenge.
From his perspective — and his 16-year tenure as president of St. Edward’s University — Dr. George Martin has cultivated a reputation of leadership and balanced communication with the board of his institution. This week on the show, Dr. Martin shares the critical importance of developing a discipline of strategic planning, creating a culture of leadership that is always asking: “How is what we are doing now contributing to the stra...2015-03-0921 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGovernance — AGB President Rick Legon on Breaking Norms to Build Great BoardsIn part two of our series on governance, we turn to Rick Legon. In his role as president of the Association of Governing Boards, Legon has worked with institutions around the world, helping to strengthen board relationships and further the dialog for change.
The challenge lies in creating a shared dialog, according to Legon. “Cultural norms exist to keep stakeholders in their place. We can’t continue that way, but the behavior is entrenched."
This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Rick Legon discuss the challenges in fostering strong board leadership to help institutions face...2015-03-0217 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGovernance — Leadership, Strategy, & Creativity at the TopThe forces impacting higher education add complexity to a carefully balanced system of leadership in our institutions. Unique issues face boards, administrators, and faculty, and finding alignment between them is key in demonstrating progress toward strategic goals.
Today we begin a series exploring governance in higher education from the perspective of leaders across the institution. In a series of conversations with trustees, presidents, faculty and beyond, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright host a dialog around authority, accountability, and responsibility for leadership.
This week, we set the stage for our conversations to come and introduce the...2015-02-2312 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationAGB President Rick Legon on Board Leadership, Adaptability in the Face of Tectonic Change in Higher EdThe 2015 National Conference on Trusteeship from the Association of Governing Boards is coming up April 19-21in Phoenix and this year’s event promises a rich line-up of leaders and board members tackling the biggest issues facing higher ed institutions around the world. Howard Teibel is on the docket this year, joining the list of facilitators for the Leadership Institute for Board Leaders and Executives the day before the main session, April 18.
We’re thrilled to welcome AGB President Rick Legon to the show this week. Rick has served as AGB President since 2006. This week, he shares his...2015-01-2630 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationLoki's Wager — Building Trust through Difficult NegotiationsIn Norse mythology, Loki was the trickster. In one of his particularly sticky exploits, he wagered his head with a group of dwarves and lost, creating a wonderful metaphor describing the complexities of difficult negotiations for us today known as “Loki’s Wager” — if a concept cannot be satisfactorily defined, it cannot be discussed.
Seemingly impassable problems are common in the boardroom. But in most cases, such challenges stem from weak trust and a poor culture around handling conflict. Astute leaders know that the great benefit of team work is leveraging different perspectives toward big problems. To do so re...2015-01-1923 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Outstanding Consulting PartnershipsWhen navigating complex change initiatives, there may come a time when your team will face the challenge of calling on outside support for expertise, guidance, and potentially even leadership as you cruise uncertain institutional waters. How do you engage the right support, at the right time, in the right capacity?
This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel shares his experience in building outstanding relationships with external consultants as a consultant himself. From setting clear boundaries for communication, to taking on key strategic responsibilities, Howard’s insights offer a keen view into what makes a consultative partnership valuable in...2014-10-1323 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationUNE's Nicole Trufant on Communicating for Clarity at EACUBO 2014There are two fundamental considerations when communicating complex information from the business office. First, do you have the right data for your audience. Second, are you communicating that data using the right tools. Our special guest Nicole Trufant has been polishing her communications practice from the business office as Vice President for Fiscal Affairs at University of New England Next month, Nicole will join Howard Teibel on stage at the EACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando as presenting, “Communicating Strategically to Make and Impact.”
This week on the show, Nicole joins Howard and Pete Wright to discuss how the...2014-09-2218 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationThe Future of Education with Grant Lichtman — Part 2Part two in our Grant Lichtman interview picks up with the political challenges that erupt in districts across the country. In the face of these challenges are schools making the change required to live up to the promise of true innovation in education. We reflect on the shared challenges of broken business models — both in K-12 and higher education — and the responsibility leaders have in owning positive change in the classroom. As Howard notes, “we may not be able to see the end of the road of ideological education, but we do know the practical end of the road: prepar...2014-08-1824 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationHow to get the most out of the NACUBO 2014 Annual MeetingWe’re gearing up for the NACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting in Seattle coming July 19-22. As usual, the NACUBO team has built an incredible catalog of events and learning opportunities and we’re trilled to be a presenting part of it. This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright walk through the key strengths of the event, from developing new business officers and helping to cultivate a culture of collaboration across campuses, to their leading voice in public policy around higher eduction.
This year, Howard will be co-facilitating a presentation on strategic communication with past Navigating Chan...2014-07-0716 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationWhat do new business officers have to learn?Howard Teibel has joined the speaker line-up of this year’s NACUBO New Business Officers Program with his presentation, “Leading, Managing, and Surviving Change.” In this week’s episode of Navigating Change, Howard and Pete Wright explore the program and NACUBO’s aim to help those new to the CBO role develop skills they’ll need to lead in today’s institution.
The role of the chief business officer is evolving. New demands for the CBO call for involvement across the institution to influence and drive change, and these demands call for new skills in leadership, communication, and strategy...2014-06-2316 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationFinancial Leadership in the Business Unit with AMI director Fred RogersWe’ve devoted many hours of this show to the role of the business officer of the institution. But today’s guest reminds us that there is great opportunity to guide and support the institution from the individual academic or departmental units. American Management Institute director Fred Rogers has spent the last 21 years working with this body of finance experts in association with EACUBO and Cornell University, building professional development programs that celebrate the great potential of unit level business officers to the institution. Howard Teibel will be presenting on Leadership and Decision-Making at the AMI conference, July 28-August 1 at C...2014-06-0220 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationReflections on NAEP — Leadership Lessons from Procurement ProsFresh from his time with the National Association for Education Procurement, Howard Teibel returns to share his impressions of the 2014 annual meeting. Procurement professionals are in a unique position, with the opportunity to move from the legacy transactional function to being seen as a key strategic partner in administration. But strategy is a new discipline. This week on the show, Howard Teibel joins Pete Wright to share his insights from NAEP, and shares his thoughts for procurement professionals looking to improve their decision making prowess and strategic position in the institution.2014-05-2618 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGreat Disruptors — Reflections from WACUBO 2014The WACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting has just wrapped in Las Vegas, and Howard returns with his thoughts, reflections, and connections. Encounters with Sal Khan of The Khan Academy and Professor Robert Zemsky of University of Pennsylvania highlight the trip, with a discussion of shifting models of core delivery that challenge higher education administrators and faculty alike. The bottom line: administrators are increasingly charged to both lead and support faculty with a push into a new era of service delivery. This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright dig into this charge and share insights from a fantastic journey...2014-05-1221 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationCommunicating for Action with Kelly Fox — WACUBO 2014 Annual MeetingAccording to our guest Kelly Fox, Senior Vice Chancellor and CFO from University of Colorado at Boulder, communicating effectively is not just about making sure the leadership team is up to speed. It’s about positioning the most important messages of the institution in the most compelling light for every constituent audience, internal and external. This week on the show, Kelly joins Howard Teibel and Pete Wright to share her insights in effective communication, as Howard and Kelly prepare for their upcoming talk on the subject at the WACUBO 2014 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.2014-04-2812 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationStrategic Communication at SACUBO with Greg LovinsAccording to our special guest Greg Lovins, communication is not always easy for business officers to do. As vice chancellor for business affairs at Appalachian State University, Greg and his team are responsible to ensure the institution is equipped with the information they need to collectively make smart decisions and keen investments. Ensuring buy-in and collaboration among key constituencies is a challenge for the very best communicators, but when the message is loaded with complexity and offers a high opportunity for jargon, clear communication becomes much more difficult.
Greg will be joining Howard Teibel at the SACUBO...2014-04-0715 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel Education"With Clarity for All" — Strategic Collaboration in the InstitutionIn “With Clarity for All,” Gail Gregory and Howard Teibel share the results of their work with leaders from Emory University, Caldwell College, and Carnegie Mellon University as they work to bridge three key leadership groups: faculty, administration, and the board. The solutions they uncovers illustrate that today’s successful CBOs are finding the common themes of mutual respect, common language, and collaboration to be key in meeting those challenges head on. This week on the show, Howard and Gail join Pete Wright to share their perspective on writing the feature for NACUBO’s Business Officer Magazine, and the critical...2014-04-0714 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBetter decision-making at the heart of organizational effectivenessIf we're going to take on new challenges across our institutions, we have to get better at making decisions as a team. In our experience, making decisions that leverage shared experience and creativity, while not getting mired in process and politics, is one of the key best practice differentiators of highly effective organizations. Howard Teibel will be joining the EACUBO New York Area Programming Committee for their Spring Program on May 28. This week on the show, Howard and Pete Wright share a preview of the presentation and provide a framework for developing organizational effectiveness through better decisions.2014-03-1616 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGearing up for EACUBO 2014 Annual Workshop — Reaching Across the AisleWe’re preparing for the EACUBO 2014 Annual Workshop in just a few weeks, and to help us out, we’re joined by guest Roger Stackpoole, Vice President of Finance & Administration at Le Moyne College. Roger and Howard Teibel will be presenting “Reaching Across the Aisle — CFO and CAO Strategic Partnership,” in which they offer insights and observations on cultivating a spirit of collaboration and cooperation between academic and business leadership.
This week on the show, Howard and Roger set the stage for their presentation with a discussion on building trust through transparency, shifting responsibility in building a healthy an...2014-03-1020 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationCultivating a Leadership Culture of Big Ideas in EducationOn Monday, March 3, Howard Teibel will be facilitating a conversation with Amanda Ripley, an author of the Time cover story Reinventing Higher Education and Roger Stackpoole, Vice President of Finance & Administration of LeMoyne College. This week on Navigating Change, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright offer a preview of that conversation and share insights from Teibel's experience enabling teams to engage in big ideas with a keen eye on fiscal sustainability.2014-02-2417 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationMovers of Rocks: Being a Leader of ChangeBecoming a leader of change is about far more than effective project management skill. It’s a unique and delicate art that must balance the processes that support complex organizational systems with the diplomacy to unite groups around big initiatives. This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright share thoughts on becoming Leaders of Change as Howard prepares for his presentation on this subject at the National Business Officers Association Annual Meeting this March in Orlando.2014-01-2716 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationEACUBO 2013 Follow-up — Grappling with Future of Higher EdHoward is back from Baltimore and this week we're talking EACUBO! Administrators and business officers are continuing to grasp with radical change inside and outside our institutions. This week on the show, Howard Teibel and Pete Wright discuss the EACUBO event in Baltimore and share insights and lessons learned from his work as presenter and facilitator this year.2013-10-2822 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationGetting Ready for EACUBO 2013 in Baltimore!EACUBO 2013 Annual Meeting is coming up October 6-9 in Baltimore, MD, and as usual, Teibel, Inc. will be well represented. Howard Teibel will be delivering his latest thoughts on the finance role in strategy in his presentation, "Structuring the Finance Division for Success: Building a Strategic Organization to Support the Institution." In addition, he'll be facilitating an expert panel with Jeff Selingo and a panel of administrators and trustees discussing the changing landscape of higher education in the United States. This week on the show, listen to Howard Teibel and Pete Wright share thoughts on these presentations and more...2013-09-2315 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationStrategic Planning and Leading from the Seat You're InAt this year's NACUBO Annual Workshop, Howard Teibel will join NCAA business officers for a rich discussion on the nature of leadership, communication, and broadening the contribution to the strategic planning process. This week on the show, Howard Teibel shares his objectives for the session, encouraging business offers to get ready to think bigger than their functional roles.2013-06-1111 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationHelping Employees Embrace ChangeOriginally published in HRHorizons for the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), Helping Employees Embrace Change, outlines the key elements that cause fear and confusion in team members when confronted with significant change, and how that individual frustration directly impacts the success of organizational change initiatives. Howard Teibel offers a framework for positive change, offering the techniques your organization can implement to turn natural confusion into a positive learning and growth opportunity.
This week on the Navigating Change Podcast, join Howard Teibel and Pete Wright for a discussion on the change framework introduced in...2010-07-0421 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Your Vision 2020 Part 4 - with John Eldert and Howard TeibelAcademic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy vision statement; focused strategy targeting a clear and "directable" organizational culture. But these assumptions don't fit the higher education planning environment, with many parallel lines of activity, complex vision, and an environment that is often far more self-directed. This week on the show, we bring you part four of our conversation with John Eldert, Vice President of Administration at Berklee College of Music as he joins Howard Teibel to discuss their work on adapting the business approach to strategic planning...2010-06-2817 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Your Vision 2020 Part 3 - With John Eldert and Howard TeibelAcademic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy vision statement; focused strategy targeting a clear and "directable" organizational culture. But these assumptions don't fit the higher education planning environment, with many parallel lines of activity, complex vision, and an environment that is often far more self-directed. This week on the show, we bring you part three of our conversation with John Eldert, Vice President of Administration at Berklee College of Music as he joins Howard Teibel to discuss their work on adapting the business approach to strategic planning...2010-06-2117 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Your Vision 2020 Part 2 - With John Eldert and Howard TeibelAcademic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy vision statement; focused strategy targeting a clear and "directable" organizational culture. But these assumptions don't fit the higher education planning environment, with many parallel lines of activity, complex vision, and an environment that is often far more self-directed. This week on the show, we bring you part two of our conversation with John Eldert, Vice President of Administration at Berklee College of Music as he joins Howard Teibel to discuss their work on adapting the business approach to strategic planning...2010-06-1411 min
Navigating Change: The Podcast from Teibel EducationBuilding Your Vision 2020 Part 1 - with John Eldert and Howard TeibelAcademic planning often adopts the business approach to strategic planning. The results are predictable: clear, measurable outcomes; tight, pithy vision statement; focused strategy targeting a clear and "directable" organizational culture. But these assumptions don't fit the higher education planning environment, with many parallel lines of activity, complex vision, and an environment that is often far more self-directed. This week on the show, we bring you part one of our conversation with John Eldert, Vice President of Administration at Berklee College of Music as he joins Howard Teibel to discuss their work on adapting the business approach to strategic planning...2010-06-0718 min