We are the doers. The makers. The creators. The problem solvers. The conjurers of awesome. Our work gets results and gets noticed. And then, the inevitable happens: Because we do awesome work, we get promoted to be the managers and the leaders of other doers and makers. But rarely do we receive management or leadership training; we're thrown into the management wilderness without a guide, hungry wolves at the ready. And that's in the best of times, not to mention a new reality with constant new realities. Learn common sense approaches to respecting and empowering your team, taking care of yourself, tools and tech to be most efficient with the extra management duties on your plate and much more. Don't feel very leader-y? This "maker's approach to leading" is for you.

1. Jesse Lavery • HighEdWeb 2022 • #heweb22 • #OCS3
COMMON
for Un-Leader-y Leaders
in an Uncommon World
SENSE
LEADERSHIP

2. Jesse Lavery • HighEdWeb 2022 • #heweb22 • #OCS3
COMMON
for Un-Leader-y Leaders
in an Uncommon World
SENSE
LEADERSHIP

3. #OCS3
CHAT & QUESTIONS
IN THE APP

4. WHO AM I?

5. WHO AM I?
Jesse Lavery
Director of Digital Strategy
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA
(he/him)
@jesselavery
! " #

6. WHO AM I?
12.5 YEARS IN HIGHER ED
SIX OFFICE RE-ORGS
FOURTEEN DIRECT SUPERVISORS
FIVE POSITION TITLES / DESCRIPTIONS
ONE POSITION ELIMINATION
PRIVATE & PUBLIC SCHOOLS

8. YMMV
* Your mileage may vary.
Disclaimer:

9. WHO ARE WE?

10. DOERS
MAKERS
CREATORS
STORYTELLERS
CONJURERS OF AWESOME
PROBLEM
SOLVERS

11. YOUR WORK
CHANGES LIVES
litera
ll
y

12. PEOPLE DIG WHAT
YOU DO!

13. PROMOTION!

14. MANAGEMENT TRAINING
ONBOARDING
MENTORING PROGRAM
•
•
!

15. THE PROBLEM

16. Lack of management and leadership
training is an epidemic.
THE PROBLEM

17. Onboarding into new roles is
inconsistent and incomplete.
THE PROBLEM

18. BUDGETS?

19. HR PROCEDURES?

20. HIRING?

21. FIRING OR
“DOWNSIZING”?

23. REMOTE WORK

25. • YOU
• YOUR TEAM
• REMOTE WORK
• YOU, PART TWO
SETLIST HIGHEDWEB
LITTLE ROCK, AR

26. YOU

27. IMPOSTER SYNDROME

29. YOU ARE AN EXPERT

30. YOU BELONG

31. YOU ARE NOT ALONE

32. INVEST IN YOURSELF

33. UX

34. YOUX

35. HOW DO OTHER PEOPLE
SEE YOU?

36. WHAT ARE YOUR
STRENGTHS &
WEAKNESSES?

37. WHAT IF YOU WERE YOUR
OWN BOSS?

38. WHAT IF YOU WERE YOUR
OWN TEAM MEMBER?

39. BUILD YOUR PROFILE

40. TRUST IS EARNED

41. BE VISIBLE

42. BE RELIABLE

43. BE INDISPENSABLE

44. YOUR TEAM

45. BE A MODEL

46. SET THE TONE

47. 🥌
“Good curling!”

48. CLEAR EXPECTATIONS

49. CREATE A CULTURE OF
EXPERIMENTATION

50. “FAILURE”
!

52. COMMUNICATION

53. LEARN YOUR TEAM’S
COMMUNICATION STYLES
& PREFERENCES

54. Ask people how they
prefer to communicate.
Honor their preferences.
TEAM COMMUNICATION

55. Tell your sta
ff
how you
prefer to communicate.
Be
fl
exible if (when) they don’t
honor your preferences.
TEAM COMMUNICATION

56. DON’T CONTRADICT
YOURSELF

57. SHUT UP & LISTEN

58. Lead your team through an
answer-
fi
nding process
SHUT UP & LISTEN

59. TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEAM

60. CARE

62. CARE
There’s a real human on
the other side of the screen.

63. CARE
Your team members care about:
1. Their future.
2. The institution’s future.
Ask yourself 4 questions…

64. CARE
Ask yourself 4 questions…
1. Do your team members understand
where the (school / o
ffi
ce / department)
is heading?

65. CARE
Ask yourself 4 questions…
2. Do your team members understand
how their work contributes to larger
objectives?

66. CARE
Ask yourself 4 questions…
3. Do your team members feel valued?

67. CARE
Ask yourself 4 questions…
4. Are you setting your team members
up for a bright future?

68. SAY THANK YOU

69. HAVE FUN

70. FUN IS GOOD

71. ICEBREAKERS

77. FRIDAY AFTERNOON
BRACKETS

78. REMOTE WORK

79. REMOTE IN HIGHER ED?

80. COMPLETELY REMOTE

81. RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIONSHIPS

82. REMOTE TEAM BUILDING

83. * SEE ABOVE

84. CHALLENGES ABOUND

85. WEEKLY WRAP UP

86. SLACK / TEAMS

87. BACKCHANNEL

88. BORING ZOOM
MEETING BINGO

89. BE CONSISTENT

90. YOUR OWN TASKS

91. REGULAR MEETINGS

93. BE AGILE

95. CHANGE IS CONSTANT

96. DON’T OVER-TINKER

97. FOCUS ON THE OUTCOME

98. TRUST
(Until you can’t.)

99. “How do you know your
people aren’t just napping
a
ll
day?”

100. EXPECT
PROFESSIONALISM

102. ACCOUNTABILITY
METRICS & METHODS

103. EMBRACE THE WONDERS
OF KNOWLEDGE WORK

104. YOU, PART TWO

105. WHO ARE YOU
Rea
ll
y?

106. WHO AM I?
Jesse Lavery
Director of Digital Strategy
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA
(he/him)
@jesselavery
! " #

107. YOU != YOUR JOB

108. WHO AM I?
Jesse Lavery
Father, friend, and musician.
Love a good craft beer, the
sport of curling, and
I miss Tom Petty.
(he/him)
@jesselavery
! " #

109. QUIET QUITTING?

111. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

113. MAKE TIME FOR HOBBIES

114. GENERAL HEALTH

115. SLEEP

116. MENTAL HEALTH

118. LEAN ON YOUR
(HIGHEDWEB) FRIENDS

121. Jesse Lavery • HighEdWeb 2022 • #heweb22 • #OCS3
COMMON
for Un-Leader-y Leaders
in an Uncommon World
SENSE
LEADERSHIP
Thank you!
Go be
awesome
leaders!

122. MANAGEMENT &
LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY
GROUP DISCUSSION
Monday, 1:00 PM
Convention Center - Caraway
Ti
ff
any Broadbent Beker
•

123. Jesse Lavery • HighEdWeb 2022 • #heweb22 • #OCS3
COMMON
for Un-Leader-y Leaders
in an Uncommon World
SENSE
LEADERSHIP
Thank you!
Questions?
#OCS3
jlavery@umw.edu