People often think of leadership as a solitary endeavor. It can feel that those to whom you report expect you to keep everything running smoothly under all manner of circumstances, and those who report to you expect you to have all the answers regardless of the situation.
As a firm rooted in shared governance, we at AGB Search believe leadership is maximized when developed within a framework that...
AGB Search Principals Monica Burton and Peggy Plympton, in conjunction with Senior Principal Lyn Harper of Mercer, hosted Building the Workforce for the Future, the sixth event in the Leadership Connections in Higher Education series for higher education leaders. The session centered around the presentation of a Workforce Planning project undertaken by Villanova University in partnership with...
There has long been debate about the value of transparency regarding candidate pools in higher education presidential searches. Some institutions are required by law to reveal the names of applicants in a presidential search, including semi-finalists and finalists. Others, while not legally required to do so, will reveal the names of finalists, as they may be expected to conduct campus tours and...
AGB Search Principals Monica Burton and Peggy Plympton, in conjunction with Senior Principal Lyn Harper and Partners Jonathan Gordin and Krista Mayor of Mercer, hosted HR Transformation at the University of California: Levers and Strategies, a virtual session held to discuss how the University of California System transformed its systemwide human resources (SWHR) department. The fifth event in...