Contributing Editors: Veronica Diaz, Senior Director, Professional Learning & Development, EDUCAUSE; Ryan MacTaggart, Associate Director, Professional Learning, EDUCAUSE
The suggested readings in this installment of the "Leaders Are Readers" series focus on stewardship as a cornerstone of enduring leadership, highlighting how great leaders develop people and sustain long-term success through humility, continuous growth, and responsibility to future generations.
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.
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.
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.
By adopting practical, cost-effective strategies, higher education IT leaders can support continuous learning and career development for staff, even during budget-constrained times.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
