Leaders Are Readers Q1 2026
The suggested readings in this installment of the "Leaders Are Readers" series offer inspiration and ideas for becoming a more present, peaceful, and purposeful leader in 2026.
Leadership and Professional Learning
Contributing Editors: Veronica Diaz, Senior Director, Professional Learning & Development, EDUCAUSE; Ryan MacTaggart, Associate Director, Professional Learning, EDUCAUSE
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Creating Self-Aware Teams: Worth the Effort?
The three Ts of IT provide a practical framework for shifting organizations from siloed management to a capacity-building approach that results in high-functioning, collaborative teams.
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The Penn Instructional Design Working Group: Professional Learning and Growth for ID Professionals
At the University of Pennsylvania, the Instructional Design Working Group is blending professional growth and peer connection to transform how instructional designers learn, lead, and support one another. Its success offers a practical model that other higher education institutions can adapt to strengthen their own instructional design communities.
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Smart Spending: Inexpensive Strategies for IT Professional Development in Higher Education
By adopting practical, cost-effective strategies, higher education IT leaders can support continuous learning and career development for staff, even during budget-constrained times.
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Leaders Are Readers Q4 2025
The recommended readings in this installment of the "Leaders Are Readers" series focus on four essential practices for becoming a better leader. These include living in integrity, maintaining an open perspective, fighting resistance to new ideas and practices, and recognizing change fatigue.
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Leadership Practices for Cultivating Value and Belonging in the Workplace
Cultivating a sense of value and belonging is critical for retaining talented staff and driving organizational success. Effective leaders foster a supportive culture by promoting adaptability, supporting professional growth, maintaining accountability, encouraging open communication, and celebrating both individual and team achievements.
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The CISO-to-CIO Pipeline: Leadership Skills that Scale
CISOs have evolved into campus-wide strategic leaders. Their skills and experience make them ideally suited to step into CIO and other executive roles in higher education.
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Identifying Change Fatigue in Teams: Insights from the Energy-Commitment Model
As change fatigue becomes more widespread in higher education, leaders need better ways to recognize when their teams are depleted so they can respond effectively. The Energy-Commitment Model offers a framework for guiding timely interventions that restore capacity and sustain change efforts.
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Leading Change Management: A Conversation with CIOs and Finance Leaders
Managing change during a major technology implementation requires a clear vision, strong communication, thoughtful process review, effective training, teamwork, stakeholder buy-in, and executive-level support.
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Building Trust and Rigor in Microcredentials: Synthesizing Standards, Taxonomy, and Frameworks
By integrating rigorous standards, a unified taxonomy, and an established and trusted framework, microcredentials can be designed and implemented as credible, transparent, and valuable indicators of learners' skills and competencies across various sectors.
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