Lucy Leske
Lucy Leske is a senior partner in the education practice of the executive-search firm WittKieffer.
Stories by this Author
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AdviceIs Your Administration Building Obsolete?
A remote leadership team may be just one more viable aspect of the new normal in higher education. -
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How a Search Committee Can Be the Arbiter of Diversity
The old ways of running administrative searches haven’t exactly produced the diverse pool of leaders that higher education claims to want. -
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As Classrooms Go Virtual, What About Campus-Leadership Searches?
Just as institutions have asked professors to quickly move their teaching online, they can use technology to adapt the executive-hiring process and keep it moving forward. -
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To Spark Real Innovation, Trustees and Presidents Need to Start Mixing It Up
Why campus chief executives and governing boards must aspire to creative abrasion and know how to achieve it. -
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Off the Team and Out of a Job
What do you do when you’re not included in the new president’s plans? -
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Searching Without a Search Firm
If you are running a search without a consultant — and sometimes you should — do it under the right conditions. -
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How Search Committees Can See Bias in Themselves
Most hiring panels are designed to represent a diverse mix of people, yet they still bring with them hidden motives.
