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Culture Change
Podcasts
Building Financial Resilience Through Culture and Strategy: A Higher Education Case Study
Building Financial Resilience Through Culture and Strategy: A Higher Education Case Study

For years, finance in higher education has worked quietly behind the scenes—essential, but rarely seen as a force for change. Budgets got balanced, reports got filed, and institutions moved forward... slowly. But what happens when that model starts to crack? When rising costs outpace tuition revenue, and the math that once worked no longer adds up?

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87: Incentives for Innovation and Navigation with guest Roger L. Martin
87: Incentives for Innovation and Navigation with guest Roger L. Martin

Roger Martin is Premier’s Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management.  From 1998 to 2013, he served as Dean.  Previously, he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he served as co-head of the firm for two years.

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Child’s Play: Tapping Workplace Creativity, with Keynote Speaker Kyle Scheele
Child’s Play: Tapping Workplace Creativity, with Keynote Speaker Kyle Scheele

What if everyone is creative, even the so-called pragmatists among us? Join Jeff Shields on Net Assets as he explores this intriguing question with Kyle Scheele, the mind behind a 21,000-regret Viking funeral and a fake marathon, and discover the untapped potential waiting to be unleashed.

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The Language of Action: Moving Beyond Communication Breakdown
The Language of Action: Moving Beyond Communication Breakdown

This week on Navigating Change, Pete Wright and Howard Teibel unpack the consequences of weak communication practices in organizations. Discover how distinguishing between assessments and assertions, making offers, and building commitment over consensus can transform your team's effectiveness and accelerate change.

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Disrupting Ourselves: Making education relevant for students with Howard Teibel, Scott Carlson and Ned Laff
Disrupting Ourselves: Making education relevant for students with Howard Teibel, Scott Carlson and Ned Laff

What if the college major is a relic of an old world—and the real work of higher education is helping students design their own? In this conversation, we explore how to return intention, joy, and human agency to the center of the college experience.

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Beyond Statements: Leading with Authentic Dialogue
Beyond Statements: Leading with Authentic Dialogue

In a polarized world, can schools facilitate understanding across divides? Hear how one courageous leader is doing just that, as Kalyan Balaven shares his community's journey through the Hamas-Israel conflict on The Net Assets Podcast.

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Being of Service with WACUBO’s Michael Clune and Lupe Valencia
Being of Service with WACUBO’s Michael Clune and Lupe Valencia

Howard Teibel sat down with Michael Clune and Lupe Valencia at the WACUBO annual conference to talk about service and what inspires them about being part of this extraordinary association committed to providing professional development and networking opportunities for business officers serving higher education in the West.

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The Teamwork Behind a Turnaround • Introducing the Net Assets Podcast
The Teamwork Behind a Turnaround • Introducing the Net Assets Podcast

Hosts Jeff Shields and Howard Teibel kick off the inaugural episode of our new show, The Net Assets Podcast, and what better guests to join them than the leaders of the Lakefield College School to discuss the school's remarkable comeback story.

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NBOA CEO Jeff Shields on Navigating Independent School Challenges and the 2024 NBOA Annual Meeting
NBOA CEO Jeff Shields on Navigating Independent School Challenges and the 2024 NBOA Annual Meeting

This 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. They address the integration of telework in education, the sustainability of innovations post-pandemic, and the critical importance of community and collaboration in sparking transformative ideas.

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231: WACUBO 2023 Annual Conference: Rising to the Challenge with WACUBO President Brad Baca
231: WACUBO 2023 Annual Conference: Rising to the Challenge with WACUBO President Brad Baca

WACUBO President, Brad Baca, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on the association’s annual conference in Phoenix, April 30-May 3, 2023.

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Media and Events

Articles and Posts
Standing in the Future: The Power of Visioning as If You’ve Already Arrived
Standing in the Future: The Power of Visioning as If You’ve Already Arrived

We constantly calibrate our efforts around time horizons—immediate tasks, short-term goals, long-range plans. Being tactical keeps our attention on what’s right in front of us. Strategic thinking, by contrast, implies stepping back, surveying the landscape, and making deliberate choices about the longer term. Visioning demands imagination. It calls on us to step out of constraint thinking and into possibility. It’s about seeing success in a particular domain and giving ourselves permission to believe it’s achievable.

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From the Back Office to the Strategy Table: Why Higher Ed Needs a Cultural Reset
From the Back Office to the Strategy Table: Why Higher Ed Needs a Cultural Reset

For decades, finance in higher education has operated behind the curtain—crucial, yet often disconnected from the conversations that shape the future of our institutions. Budgets were built, reports delivered, and progress—at least on the surface—continued.

But what happens when that model begins to break down? When the pressures of rising costs outpace tuition revenue, when external funding dries up or becomes uncertain, and when the equations that once held things together begin to fall apart?

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Helping Your People Embrace Change
Helping Your People Embrace Change

People don’t have a problem with change; they have a problem with the uncertainty it creates. Change forces us not only to recognize that we can’t rest in our comfort zone, but that we need to confront the fact that we might not be able to look forward sufficiently to see where we will land. Let’s explore three common reactions to change in the workplace.

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Events
The Chronicle Administrative Leadership Institute with Teibel Education
Oct 7
The Chronicle Administrative Leadership Institute with Teibel Education

The Chronicle and Teibel Education Consulting have developed a virtual professional-development program to help administrative leaders overcome this trust gap by developing skills and sensibilities related to interpersonal collaboration. Over the course of two weeks, participants will have the opportunity to transform their practice of shared governance through collaborative workshops and guided exercises on learning how to make tough decisions, leading with resiliency, and building high-performing teams and organizations.

EACUBO Annual Meeting
Oct 20
EACUBO Annual Meeting

Join us for an interactive session that provides space for higher education leaders to name and normalize imposter syndrome, explore how it shows up amid today's demands, and reframe it as a leadership "bat-signal" rather than a flaw. With a blend of self-reflection, group engagement, and practical strategies, you will learn to identify and unleash your superpowers from imposter feelings.