When I arrived, the bank was knocking at the door, the College was in a crisis, and everyone in the place was afraid for their jobs. It was not a pretty picture. My job was clear save it, sell it, or shut it down. Clear and obvious, but by no means simple or straightforward. I always say that you should never mistake a clear view for a short distance.
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. I was pretty honest from my first day at the College that nothing was ever going to be the same. No more business as usual. No more head-in-the-sand. Hope is not an effective strategy in these situations. The only direction things go by themselves is downhill. Those days were over at Kendall.
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In these situations, nothing is more important than communication. In every direction and to every audience or constituency. At the College, this meant staff, faculty, management, trustees, students, parents, regulators and even the public. But you cant do it all at once. You can do anything you want, but not everything you want.
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Of course, youve also got to follow up and make sure that the changes youre asking for get made. Excuses or apologies which arent accompanied by changes in behavior (and real results) are just insults.
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You get used to it after a while. Working with him is like changing the tires on a moving car. You come in each morning without a clue as to what the day will bring. All you know is that the day will fly by and there will be screaming. Its like having a picnic at the end of the runway at OHare.
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