by snuadmin | Oct 16, 2019 | Blogs
Last week, I shared a story that illustrated the tricky balance between rules and relationships. In an era of risk and regulation, placing faith in relationships and trust can feel unpredictable, and in a leadership job, sometimes a bit irresponsible. However, leading...
by snuadmin | Oct 11, 2019 | Blogs
Last week, I attended the University Colleges Australia conference in Sydney. One of the workshops I was involved in as a panel member was called Guiding a course of Responsibility and Respect in a context of Risk, Regulation and Renewal. We explored how we...
by snuadmin | Sep 13, 2019 | Blogs
I have named this blog, ‘Leading from the Side’ because it sums up my approach to leading a residential college full of young people, aged 17-22. I would argue that young people give very little credence to positional leadership, they aren’t going to follow just...
by snuadmin | Sep 6, 2019 | Blogs
As we enter the last few weeks of this semester at College, it is important for me to think about next year. Because I value and respect my students, I have held two significant surveys to work out what level of changes are needed in order to go into 2020...
by snuadmin | Aug 30, 2019 | Blogs
On Wednesday this week, I sat in a meeting that is now a quarterly ritual: the Investment Committee meeting. As a person who prides herself in her competence, the Investment Committee meeting makes me feel that I am in a room where others are speaking an entirely...
