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I’m thrilled to continue to serve the higher education community as an IPEDS Trainer and Educator – for the 15th consecutive year. IPEDS and the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) select professionals to serve in this role.

The combination of in-person and virtual relationship building could be the type of skill differentiator that takes a 2iC to new levels.

It is expected that higher education leaders break the rules.

As a 2iC, we often don’t think twice about silent problem-solving – it is just one of our MANY tools that we use to achieve phenomenal results.

Rather than seeing compliance as a burden, consider seeing it as an opportunity for innovation and a strategic advantage that can accelerate your organization’s goals and leave compliance reviewers using you, your team, and your organization as the model.

When linking together multiple 2iCs as a Second in Command chain, game-changing multiplying effects can be seen, which is especially valuable in this recession-labor shortage era.

Leaders need to move beyond strategy to achieve success. In this article, I’ll discuss the additional elements needed, because strategy alone does not win.

In this article, I share a framework for organizing your team members to achieve phenomenal results for your group.

As an ambitious leader, when you spot a tough problem, you can: 1) ignore it and hope it goes away or someone else deals with it, or 2) you can tackle it head-on – and achieve phenomenal results when doing so.

Understanding your chances of a successful reaccreditation and consequences of failing, can motivate a stronger first effort.