After attending traditional university as well as career schools myself, I realized from day one starting as an instructor that it is our job to motivate and guide our students educationally but that they're also our customers. This is a simply balancing act for someone with the correct mindset, however it becomes tricky to teach this to staff and educators who are either more focused solely on education or on their individual jobs and tasks. Where I would love feedback here, is how do you inspire or lead a variety of staff from multiple schools to embrace the Edu-Preneurial spirit? It's hard to gain the buy-in without sounding like "corporate," or like a motivational speaker of sorts. Our company culture fits well with this mindset, however it is not embraced by many of our staff at various campuses. As Education Director I woud love to find a way, or ways, of shaping our culture to empower receptionists, instructors, admissions, managers, and beyond to take on this way of thinking. I believe leading by example is first - my original thought is to get our managers into a cohesive mindset and then work on empowering them to instill this into their staff.
