Keith Edwards

Strong Integration and Systemness: Practicing Interconnected and Relational Leadership in Higher Education Given the challenges higher education is facing right now, we need models of leadership that are mission-driven, student-centered, and nimble and adaptable. Dr. Brian Bruess, is the first president of...

HE needs leadership that is mission-driven, student-centered, & nimble & adaptable. Dr. Brian Bruess, is the first pres of both CSB + SJU. He is leading strong integration & putting systemness into practice for a more interconnected & relational way of leading.
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Choosing to leave Macalester was a pivotal moment in my professional and personal life. Here's some of that story with lots of behind-the-scenes footage have never before shared publicly. I hope it is helpful to others in finding their own path away from the "shoulds." even the complimentary ones.

From Campus Roles to Independent Work - Keith Edwards PhD - Speaker Author Coach Are you ready to expand your impact beyond your current campus?

Have you ever considered adding a side hustle to complement your campus-based role or even moving into a full-time independent role?

Join me for this Overview Workshop on Nov. 21.
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YouTube video by Keith Edwards Announcing Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership

Announcing the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership.
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Evolve Is Evolving

We are excited to announce the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership, focused on courageous leadership to reimagine higher education.

Learn about our leadership coaching journeys here:
www.evolve-institute.com

YouTube video by Keith Edwards Reimagining Higher Ed Leadership

We need a new generation of leaders to reimagine higher education.
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The ending of Redford’s A River Runs Through It (1992), based on the Norman Maclean novella. Such an incredibly gifted artist. RIP

YouTube video by Keith Edwards Why I Walk for All My Coaching Calls

All of my coaching sessions take place over the phone while I walk a three-mile loop in my neighborhood. This is unusual—and intentional.

Here's a 1-minute snippet from last week's video on why, how, and what I coach.
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Since @hammer59.bsky.social‬ reminded me of it...
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Current Campus Context: Reflections, Tensions, and Hopes for Higher Ed Current Campus Context is Student Affairs Now’s rapid-response series breaking down the latest developments in higher education. In this August edition, host Heather Shea is joined by Dr. Felecia Comm...

Reflect on the summer’s most significant events shaping higher ed. They explore tensions between values and practice, policy and reality, and what students are bringing, while also highlighting progress, innovation, and what keeps us motivated in this work.
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YouTube video by myACPA Join the 2025 Institute on the Curricular Approach

Higher ed is facing major challenges. This is a time to move boldly and invest in your teams to better use resources and double down on student success. Join us for @myacpa.bsky.social Institute on the Curricular Approach in October. I will see you there.
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The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his new book The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance. Zach comes from student affairs roots and focuses now on significance, meaning, purpo...

Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his book The Power of Mattering. He describes how mattering differs from belonging and inclusion and how much mattering matters and a practical framework for cultivating mattering: noticing, affirming, and needing.
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Here's the Story: "It Can't Be About Me" While it is hard to think about the "dark place" that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lesso...

While it is hard to think about the “dark place” that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lessons learned and victories won during that tough time.
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Here's The Story: "Paid in Full" Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full.

Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full. studentaffairsnow.com/heres-the-st...

Are you struggling to engage men effectively without reifying troubling patterns? Here’s a resource grounded in research and proven in practice.
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Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education Dr. Annmarie Caño discusses her book Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education. This book offers a transformative approach to leadership in higher education that...

Dr. @annmarie-cano.bsky.social's Leading Toward Liberation offers an approach to HE leadership centering justice, healing, & systemic change. Drawing from liberation psychology & Latin American liberation theology, Caño advocates for acompañamiento leadership.
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The Caring University: Reimagining the Workplace after the Great Resignation In his book The Caring University, Dr. Kevin McClure shares a transformative approach to higher education workplace culture. He argues that institutions must prioritize the well-being of faculty and s...

. @drkevinrmcclure.com shares a transformative approach to HE workplace culture. IHE must prioritize the well-being of faculty and staff to enhance student success. Kevin shares how leaders can re-imagine the workplace through a lens of organizational care.
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Strengths-Based Supervision in Student Affairs Anne Brackett and Alicia Wojciuch, two dynamic leaders who’ve helped hundreds of student affairs professionals, join Heather Shea to explore how strengths-based approaches can transform the way we sup...

Anne Brackett & Alicia Wojciuch explore how strengths-based approaches can transform how we supervise and lead. Whether you’re new to CliftonStrengths or know your top five by heart, you’ll leave with practical strategies, fresh insights, and ready to lead.
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It's always amused me that the one guy in ZZ Top without a beard was the guy named Beard.

Remember those episodes of Andor where the group of rebels are fighting with each other over BS and personality conflicts while the Empire tries to provoke protesters into a reaction to justify gutting an entire planet?

Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education: Narratives Toward Wholeness The editors of this book join to discuss contemplative practices for transformation. The volume shares stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being...

The editors of Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education share stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being, embodiment, and inner work to becoming and social change.
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Reciprocity Required: Relationships Between Black and White Women in Higher Education Authentic relationships between Black and white women in higher education are often difficult to cultivate—made more so by the persistent realities of misogynoir and the role white women can play in p...

Authentic relationships between Black & white women are can be difficult due to realities of misogynoir & the role of white women in perpetuating harm. Learn about building reciprocal & accountable relationships beyond performativity toward connection & change.
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What if this Father’s Day or graduation season, we offered more than cash or platitudes — we offered unmasking?

Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity invites men to explore who they are beyond the scripts they’ve been handed.

That Towns story from the day after the trade is something I still think about.

Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing Dr. Jessica Riddell discusses mindsets and 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher education from her research and book Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status qu...

. @drjessicariddell.bsky.social discusses mindsets & 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher ed from Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status quo and a call to “challenge the actual in the name of the possible."
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YouTube video by Keith Edwards Practicing Trauma Stewardship

How do we care for those who care for others?

In this week's video, I differentiate between trauma-informed care and trauma stewardship and discuss how to practice trauma stewardship for yourself and those you lead.

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Manufactured Urgency - Keith Edwards PhD - Speaker Author Coach Manufactured urgency can be internally and externally imposed. Unbraiding this can help us lead more effectively.

Learn about the 4 different kinds of urgency and how to navigate...
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YouTube video by Keith Edwards The Leadership Superpower of Slowing Down

Friday is the deadline to register for our next Evolve cohort.

You can get a good sample of Evolve from this edited video of our webinar on The Leadership Superpower of Slowing Down, which emerged from our first year of working with senior leaders in Evolve.

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YouTube video by Keith Edwards Leading through and with Uncertainty: Evolve Summer 2025

It's time to invest in your leadership, so your leaders aren't waiting or arguing with uncertainty but leading through and with it. This summer, @drbrianarao.bsky.social, Dawn Lee, and I are offering Evolve for senior leaders and Evolve for Teams.
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