Alberto Vasquez

Hiring people who all have a common virtue that suits the companys Institutional Culture. It can be be the backbone to the strength of the team. 

Advisory Boards should be allowed to run the advisory meetings themselves. This includes writing the agenda. AS the college representation, the faculty should be responsible in communicating the Advisory boards wishes through apropriate channels. 

I'll say this. If you find that all but one of your board members are agreeing on everything and the all gang up on the one that asks to reconsider some policies, the problem is with the recruiting of the board. You should look for more diversity of thougth in your board so you can have meaningful discussions.

Diveristy of Thought is the ONLY diversity you should be focused on in a board for an academic institution. 

It is important to complete a DACUM - Developing a Curriculum. We had to do these in the past. i do not see them submitted anymore. Perhaps there is a different model for new programs being used. or None at all, other than, copying what other schools have completed. 

This only applies to for profit organizations. If you are a public, tax payer institution, you can wastes as much money as you want. I wouldn't, but just saying you can if you want and get even bigger budgets year after year. It's the only place negative feed back causes positive growth. 

I like this five year plan idea for students. When I was a Progam Director, I had students tell me where they saw themselves working. I wanted their ideal job. Over the next two years, I spent time in lecture describing the pros and cons of each of the different types of hospitals. They woul then start focusing on everything from the types of equipment theyd need to learn more about, how indepth they'd need to understand the electronics, and any other skills that were a benefit to that environment. 

Large hospital, small hospital, in house service department, outsourced service… >>>

It is important to complete a full DACUM with the proposal of a new program.

When you start over at a new company and it needs and wants leadership, what do you do to facilitate leadership from within the group without usurping the role?

I am cautious around individuals who claim to be one leadership style. Being a leader demands that you approach each situation, that requires leadership and not management, with the unique circumstances that it deserves. So any leadership style you use to approach situation, granted it is an appropriate style to use, needs a negative feedback style to provide stability. 

What I see especially with new managers and leaders is that they default to their most comfortable style and become monostyled which almost always leads to burn out or just failure. When you see accomplishment by a team under this leaderhip,… >>>

Reply to James Scheu's post: Nuances is correct. This lesson is helping me identify some of those nuances that are required of a leader and manager. Looking back on some major projects, I see it with a new lens.