AAL Leadcast

Doctor Dee Ramsel has an award-winning career as a clinical psychologist, a mental health executive, a college professor, and the former Executive Director of the Veterans Health Administrations National Center for Organizational Development. She's a Senior Consultant with AAL.

Dr. Tawana Ware is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and an Adjunct Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at Indiana University in Indianapolis. At this August's Institute for Teaching and Learning in Chicago, she'll lead two sessions:

1. Building from Knowledge to Integration: Social Determinants of Health and Curriculum Scaffolding

2. Integrating Clinical Case-based Scenarios in Course Curriculum

Doctor Haley is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Associate Director of group facilitation at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry. In this episode of Leadcast, he discusses his two sessions for this year's Institute for Teaching and Learning in Chicago.

Dr. Pamela Zarkowski, MPH, JD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the University of Detroit Mercy discusses her sessions at the 2023 CAAMP program. Topics include legal considerations for academic leaders and how to manage the transition to faculty leadership.

Dr. Lisa Eichelberger, Dean Emerita at the College of Health Clayton State University talks about her sessions at this July's CAAMP program in Atlanta, including strategies for finding and keeping the right talent for your program, having difficult conversations, and leading in the post-pandemic era.

Dr. Kelton Stewart, an Associate Professor and Orthodontics Graduate Program Director at Indiana University School of Dentistry, discusses his call to teach and the importance of inclusion in the classroom. Dr. Stewart will be leading two sessions at the Institute for Teaching and Learning this August in Chicago for AAL.

Dr. Perry Rettig, a distinguished professor of education at Piedmont University and senior fellow at AAL discusses his book Battle in the Trenches: How Leaders in Academia Can Learn from Elite Athletes and Coaches. He'll also talk about leading a pair of sessions at the 2023 Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program this July in Atlanta. 

In this episode of AAL Leadcast, VP for Business Development George Weinstein sits down with AAL President Dr. Karl Haden to discuss the 4Cs of leadership and the responsibility of leaders to shape environments in which human beings can flourish and realize their potential.

AAL President Dr. Karl Haden talks with Bill Dickinson, AAL Senior Consultant, to discuss leading and communicating with empathy during challenging times, and leveraging empathy to improve team performance and leadership.

AAL President Dr. Karl Haden sits down with Dr. Jim Galbally to discuss the financial challenges facing schools and universities amid the global pandemic, and how leaders can better communicate these challenges to stakeholders.

AAL President Dr. Karl Haden sits down with AAL Senior Consultant and Executive Coach Dr. Dee Ramsel to discuss ways leaders can lead by example by practicing self-care during times of crisis.

AAL’s President and The 9 Virtues of Exception Leaders: Unlocking Your Leadership Potential co-author, Dr. Karl Haden, considers the behaviors that make leadership virtuous.

The strategic plan is the cornerstone to effective institutional management. Dr. Jim Galbally, AAL Senior Consultant and President of The Galbally Group--which provides strategic and operational counsel to colleges and universities--comments on the disconnections that can exist between budgeting, resource allocations, and effective planning outcomes.

Dr. Craig Hlavac, Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department at Southern Connecticut State University, discusses the role of the Chair in responding to department-level crises.

Dr. James F. Galbally, Jr., AAL Senior Consultant and President of the Galbally Group, examines the current business model of higher education, the one that most of our institutions employ in charting financial futures. Is it sustainable? What should be changed?

Dr. Jo Allen, president of Meredith College, provides her insights on whether she sees institutional governance changing as colleges adopt new ways of doing things in response to external financial issues.

Dr. Matthew Poslusny, Senior Vice President and Provost of Meredith College, discusses how a chief academic officer (CAO) communicates with a board and faculty about academics and economics. He explains the role a chief financial officer (CFO) plays in facilitating these important discussions.

Dr. Jo Allen, President of Meredith College, provides her thoughts on what she believes our institutions will look like in 25 years, and how we should view the impact of our actions on the long-term viability of our higher education institutions.

Dr. Jo Allen, President of Meredith College, examines the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of a president and chief academic officer in designing, developing, and implementing an institution’s program of effective change management.