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This Fall Season of The Higher Ed Marketer Podcast is proudly sponsored by NextGrad.Long-term leadership depends on knowing what each moment requires. Dr. Todd J. Williams, President and CEO of Cairn University, reflects on 18 years in the president’s chair and explains why leaders must sometimes push, pull, or pause. He shares how trust, honest self-examination, restorative practices, and patience help leaders act with wisdom without being ruled by urgency or morale alone.___What We Cover in This Episode🔘 How long-term leadership creates room for iterative change🔘 Why restorative interests are part of sustaining a calling🔘 How to recognize when a moment calls for a push, pull, or pause🔘 Why trust and character matter more than a leadership formula🔘 How patience and honest motives strengthen difficult decisions___Episode Highlights01:48 - What 18 years at one institution makes possible06:45 - Integrating restorative interests into a leader’s life12:40 - Reading the moment before choosing how to lead18:43 - Why inviting input does not guarantee agreement22:41 - Knowing when a pause serves the outcome26:01 - Recovering when a leader misreads the moment38:41 - Learning that patience can be its own reward___NextGrad helps colleges and universities reach students where they already are, inside the high school itself. With a network of over 2,500 schools across North America, NextGrad puts your institution's message in front of future students every single day. Be the school they remember when it's time to decide.Nextgrad.com, Where students see you first.___The Higher Ed Marketer Podcast is powered by Caylor Solutions, your go-to partner for higher ed mission-fit marketing strategies, enrollment, AI expertise, and branding needs. ___To hear this interview and many more like it, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or our website, or search for The Higher Ed Marketer in your favorite podcast player.The Higher Ed Marketer Podcast is proud to be a part of The Higher Ed Marketer Podcast Network. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
