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Conflict + Crisis: Navigating the Shoals Part 1
Presenter Donna Alexander, President & CEO of Advoxum Global Strategies, offers best practices for navigating conflict and crisis. She examines the crucial elements of defining conflict and crisis, identifying, and prioritizing affected stakeholders, utilizing effective communication strategies, and ultimately, executing a plan of action.
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Called to the Chair: Board Leadership for Unsettled Times
Dr. Rebekah Basinger addresses the opportunities and challenges that come with chairing the board of a theological school, which include how to design effective board meetings, enhance board member engagement, and develop the board for long-term effectiveness while giving attention to the board chair and president partnership and the critical importance of call in both roles.
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Stakeholder Management Planning
With any organizational plan, certain pivotal individuals – both internal and external – hold significant influence over our goals. To ensure the success of a program, initiative, or on-going strategy, we must prioritize these “Audiences of One” differently from larger audiences. Learn how the “Stakeholder Management Plan” tracks the status of these relationships to help boost overall success.
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Guiding Transformations: Change Management
The In Trust Center is pleased to announce a new webinar series focused on change management models. These webinars are presented by rpk GROUP, a national leader in helping institutions create sustainable business models that reflect both mission and market. This series includes two webinars. Webinar 1 provides a change management framework to include best practice for leading change initiatives and common pitfalls to avoid. This session will include a consideration of institutional readiness for change, especially around the use of a strategic finance lens.
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Executive Parameters: Optimizing the Relationships Between Presidents and Their Governing Boards
In this session, we consider the policies, practices, and key performance indicators most helpful to supporting the essential partnership between the president and the governing board.
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Moving Forward Together: Shared Governance for Now
Join consultant Dr. Rebekah Basinger to gain an understanding of shared governance, including definitions, delineations of roles and responsibilities, and strategies for adapting governance practices to your school's new now.
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Finishing Well: When Leading Means Leaving
This webinar will address how seminaries can own their destiny by being responsible and "finishing well," rather than closing in crisis.
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Preparing and Executing an Effective Leadership Succession & Transition Plan
Join the discussion about how to plan well in advance of an anticipated change.
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Board Governance Between the Times
Rebekah Basinger leads a discussion on board governance as part of the Wise Stewards Initiative's Governance Between the Times Seminar.
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Mining Your Board’s Potential: Strategies for Maximizing Board Members’ Contributions to Your School
The wisdom, professional expertise, and life experiences of the folks seated around your board table are worth their weight in gold to your school and its mission. Without clearly stated expectations of board members and ongoing education and encouragement to match, there isa chance you areleaving riches untapped.
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Recruiting Board Members from Diverse Backgrounds
Dr. Derek McNeil, president of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, provides information on recruiting board members of diverse backgrounds. This presentation was offered as part of the Governance Between the Times seminar of the Wise Stewards Initiative.
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Lead Your Board in the Right Direction
Providing a well-organized board orientation can set the direction for the board and provide them with a strong foundation for leadership.