What a enjoyable serendipitous second! This spring, as I used to be visiting University of Maryland Baltimore County to be a visitor speaker in Lori Hardesty’s great undergrad neighborhood engagement seminar, we…

What a enjoyable serendipitous second!

This spring, as I used to be visiting University of Maryland Baltimore County to be a visitor speaker in Lori Hardesty’s great undergrad neighborhood engagement seminar, we stopped by Julie Gilless’s workplace on the best way.

Julie had been a part of The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Leadership Transformation Collaborative’s fall 2025 digital cohort. It was a delight to have the ability to say howdy in 3D — and to be taught that, *simply that very morning*, she’d pulled out all of the LTC instruments that she’d printed throughout this system, revisiting them to use to her present work!

Here’s a photograph of us collectively, the place Julie’s holding the printouts!

I like my work, but when I’m completely sincere, one factor that may really feel onerous — in comparison with my earlier function managing a big crew in an workplace atmosphere — is that I don’t at all times get to understand how people carry the work ahead after our time collectively.  But my hope is that the instruments offered proceed to be issues that leaders can attain for in actual time, that make you are feeling supported, it doesn’t matter what comes your manner, or how lengthy it’s been since we final talked.

If you’re a better ed chief in search of a sturdy set of instruments & an exquisite peer neighborhood to help you thru the challenges of main in increased ed immediately, I hope you’ll try our Fall 2026 Leadership Transformation Collaborative cohort. I’d love to satisfy you (or see you once more, if it has been some time):

And because of Lori, an alumna of the Chronicle’s Women Leading Change program ( and Julie for staying in contact, and for the chance to help your work at one among my favourite establishments!

Photo credit score: Lori Hardesty

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