Lisa Domini

Immediate communication, action, and strategic planning is crucial in crisis management. 

There are many factors that go into team motivation and engagement. Leaders need a sense of self-awareness, along with emotional intelligence and strategic communication to mobilize a team to accomplish organizational vision and goals.

True leadership takes thought and intentionality. There is also a combination of self-analysis, reflection, and external feedback necessary to gage where you are as a leader and to create a pathway for continuous growth.

It is important to have an awareness of your primary leadership style, while also knowing the strengths and potential challenges of that style. Depending on the situation, there can also become instances in which you need to adjust your leadership style, so knowing when to pivot as a leader is also valuable.

Authentic and successful leadership begins with an innate desire to motivate, engage, and develop others. To accomplish this, one must develop relationships with team members. Additionally, you must gain a sense of emotional intelligence for self-awareness of leadership styles and opportunities for growth.

It is important to be thorough and transparent in your self-study analysis. This also aids the institution in having a complete, holistic inventory of its strengths and weaknesses in regard to student learning resources, availability of resources, institutional effectiveness, and its ability to demonstrate said effectiveness. 

The way in which an institution supports their response to standards and demonstrates compliance is critical in the accreditation process. Institutions will need to be detailed, intentional, and thorough in the description and methodology of response for successful accreditation.

Understanding the scope, language and intent for accreditation standards allows me the opportunity to create the appropriate structure for developing proofs for compliance.  

I have learned the foundational aspects of accreditation and how it not only varies among accrediting bodies, but how agencies may vary in representation of standards.