It’s been nearly three years since I was a fellow in the American Council on Education’s flagship leadership-training program, yet I still reflect on what I learned there. A central benefit of the program is the opportunity to spend time with a cross section of senior administrators from a broad array of institutions. During my fellowship, I made a point of meeting presidents and chancellors who were widely regarded as successful. I met more than 40 such CEOs via the program, and they were as different as the institutions they led. But from our conversations, some key similarities emerged in how they succeed at their jobs. Here is my list of practices that successful leaders seem to follow:

April 28, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education