Academic Search believes a leadership change represents a critical time for tending to the needs and priorities of boards, senior leadership teams, and other campus constituencies. Leadership transitions are significant in the life of any entity and a smooth transition requires planning. We work with our institutional partners to develop a strategy that is custom-made to the specific desires of the institution and the appointee. Our goal is to create a unique transitional period that helps institutional and organizational leaders to effectively hand off the baton from one leader to the next, to support a gracious and celebratory exit of the outgoing leader, and to prepare the campus community for the entrance and long-term success of a new leader.
A successful transition depends on the new leader meeting the RIGHT PEOPLE at the RIGHT TIME for the RIGHT REASON.
Our consultants assist in the creation and execution of a well-structured transition and onboarding plan that will quickly acclimate the new leader to key stakeholders and the campus and broader communities. The plan is built on the imperatives of culture, context, and relational capital. We partner with you to:
If you would like to know more about Academic Search’s Transition & Onboarding services, please contact Steven E. Titus or Shawn Hartman.
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