CHANGING HIGHER ED
The Leader in Higher Education Consulting
HIGHER EDUCATION CONSULTING WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Our consulting firm helps college and university leadership create and implement strategies to successfully navigate planning, crisis, transformation, and change management for their higher education institutions.
We focus on systems working in sync, not silos. Let’s get your higher ed institution on the path of high-performing growth and sustainability.
Keeping pace with change is challenging — and COVID-19 has greatly accelerated the pace of change for colleges and universities. We’re here to help your board, faculty, staff, students, and entire institution thrive in any situation.
INSIGHTS FOR COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY LEADERS
OUR HIGHER EDUCATION CONSULTING SERVICES
The Change Leader’s experts help colleges and universities overcome their most critical challenges to grow enrollment, improve their accreditation standing, mitigate risk, and build financially sustainable educational institutions.
We provide the additional benefits of international, cross-industry experience to help you overcome your most complex issues.
ACCREDITATION
Validate your institution's excellence by overcoming a negative accreditation report
GOVERNANCE
Build strong faculty & board governance to drive your institution to new heights
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Planning & management to position your institution for greater success & growth
LEADERSHIP CAPACITY
Create strong leaders to take your institution to the next level & beyond
CRISIS RECOVERY
Overcome challenges by positioning your institution with a plan for success
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Defy the 80% failure rate & implement critical changes without resistance to change
DISTANCE EDUCATION
The revolution of f2f education is here & requires your institution to evolve or be left behind
MERGERS & ALLIANCES
Produce higher enrollment & profitability while creating greater efficiencies & strength
POSITIONING & BRANDING
Break out of the pack of non-descript institutions & enroll more students in the post-Covid era
OUR APPROACH TO HIGHER EDUCATION CONSULTING
Holistic Thinking is Key to Your Success
Our approach to higher education consulting is to remove barriers to success, build collaboration, and ensure institutional communication and systems align which results in a shared vision that can be implemented with little resistance to change.
In other words, we approach things holistically with a systemic view of your institution.
Your students, faculty, and employees deserve nothing less than a higher education consulting firm that takes all stakeholders into account for decision making, processes, and change.
What Our Clients Say
“Dr. McNaughton is a sought-after consultant to management in the areas of board governance, academic operations and accreditation, strategy and change, and organizational transformation and leadership….Dr. McNaughton brings professionalism, congeniality and collegiality to his relationships, and intellectual and emotional intelligence to his leadership activities. I recommend Dr. Drumm McNaughton for appropriate board and consulting roles – he is a difference maker.”
“During our recent accreditation special visit, our institution received six commendations and one recommendation, that being “we recommend you keep doing what you’re doing. . . . Accordingly, we strongly recommend Dr. McNaughton’s services to any institution who is in need of accreditation, governance, strategic planning, or personnel management expertise.”
“Without reservation, I give Dr. McNaughton’s services my highest recommendation. If I was starting an institution or making an initial accreditation application, Drumm would be my first call. He is well-versed in the nuances of higher education and the accreditation environment, his approach is practical, focused and results-driven. He speaks his truth in an unvarnished, direct and candid manor that stimulates action and results.”
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