Leading for the Long Haul: How to thrive after 18 years at one institution

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.

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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

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Episode Highlights

01:48 - What 18 years at one institution makes possible