When Culture Fractures, Mission Holds: Leading from the Middle
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When a school’s culture fractures, the hallway silence gets louder and mid-level leaders often carry the weight. In this interactive workshop participants will learn how to use mission as an operational tool, not a poster on the wall.
We’ll name how fracture shows up (polarization, story-making, urgency for relief) and practice a method for protecting clarity, care, and coherence in tense…
Target Audience
This event is for division heads, deans, department chairs, and program directors/leaders.
Agenda
- Opening Frame: The Reality of Pressure in DEIB Leadership
- Mapping Pressure Points: Language, Systems, Stakeholders, Governance
- Distinguishing Risk: Legal/Reputational vs. Discomfort and Noise
- Communication for Clarity, Care, and Coherence
- Scenario Clinic: Practicing Steadying Language
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