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Culture Change
Podcasts
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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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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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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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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230: NBOA: 25 Years! A Conversation with President and CEO Jeff Shields
230: NBOA: 25 Years! A Conversation with President and CEO Jeff Shields

NBOA President and CEO, Jeff Shields, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on indepenent school business, finance, and operations, all in preparation for the association's 25 Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles, February 19-22.

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117: Manu Narayan brings artful insight to board leadership at Carnegie Mellon
117: Manu Narayan brings artful insight to board leadership at Carnegie Mellon

This week on Navigating Change we welcome Manu Narayan to the show. Manu is a truly renaissance man. He’s an actor of stage and screen. He’s an accomplished musician. He’s a writer and producer. And for all his professional creative talents, he joins us to discuss his role of Young Alumni trustee on the board of Carnegie Mellon University.

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Media and Events

Articles and Posts
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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Teamwork in the Modern Workplace: Why Collaboration Often Fails and How to Fix It
Teamwork in the Modern Workplace: Why Collaboration Often Fails and How to Fix It

A true team operates with a shared purpose and unified goals. Too often, organizations assume collaboration will magically happen, while in reality, individual departments prioritize their own objectives, leading to siloed efforts and competing priorities.

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Events
Creativity and Innovation Session
Apr 29
Creativity and Innovation Session

Teibel Education Consulting is offering a free 1-hour Creativity and Innovation Session, designed to cultivate dynamic thinking in today's uncertain times. Learn more here.

WACUBO Annual Meeting
May 5
WACUBO Annual Meeting

Join Howard Teibel and Lupe Valencia (UTEP) on May 5 at WACUBO for an interactive session that will transform practices designed to shift how you tackle problems, generate meaningful ideas, and build bridges across your organization.

The Chronicle’s Administrative Leadership Institute
May 12
The Chronicle’s Administrative Leadership Institute

Higher education is going through seismic change. Old ways are crumbling as the value proposition is increasingly questioned in public discourse, especially amid a climate of financial scarcity. The Chronicle and Teibel Education Consulting have developed a two-part virtual professional development program to help administrative leaders develop skills and sensibilities to meet the needs of these changing times.

NACAS East Connect and Exchange
Jun 22
NACAS East Connect and Exchange

Join Howard for the NACAS Opening General Session as he delivers the keynote.

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Jun 22
NACAS East Connect & Exchange | Annual Regional Conference 2025