As an executive coaches with Carnegie Math Pathways at WestEd, we’ve been part of a team that delved into the practices of leaders who effectively managed change required to scale a successful pilot like a Math Pathways implementation. Over a six-year period, supported by a National Science Foundation grant, we studied institutions and their approaches to change, including the unprecedented disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we share seven practices we observed among leaders who successfully implemented change and actionable ways to incorporate these practices into your leadership toolbox.
Connections Are Everything: Putting Relationships at the Heart of Higher Ed
As academic leaders, we are under so much pressure to deliver—enrollment targets, strategic plans, graduation rates, AI policies, and on and on—that we can lose sight of what our students
Isis Artze-Vega, Leo M. Lambert, and Peter Felten
March 4, 2024
