In a recent article for Inside Higher Ed, Naledi Saul (University of California, San Francisco) and Dinuka Gunaratne (Northeastern University Vancouver) offer advice for postsecondary professionals who are looking to develop their change-related skillsets. Saul and Gunaratne write that this involves learning to acknowledge and accept reality, assess changes strategically to gain analytical clarity, address these changes skilfully and move forward with integrity, and appreciate achievements—even those that are small. These steps give professionals agency as they respond intentionally, write the authors. “If we teach the next generation of leaders these approaches as part of their training and development, they will be prepared to lead skilfully in a world where the only constant is change,” conclude Saul and Gunaratne.
