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Why I Walk for All My Coaching Calls

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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 24d

The ending of Redford’s A River Runs Through It (1992), based on the Norman Maclean novella. Such an incredibly gifted artist. RIP

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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · 24d

All of my coaching sessions take place over the phone while I walk a three-mile loop in my neighborhood. This is unusual—and intentional.

Here's a 1-minute snippet from last week's video on why, how, and what I coach.
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Current Campus Context: Reflections, Tensions, and Hopes for Higher Ed

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Aug 26

Since @hammer59.bsky.social‬ reminded me of it...
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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reflect on the summer’s most significant events shaping higher ed. They explore tensions between values and practice, policy and reality, and what students are bringing, while also highlighting progress, innovation, and what keeps us motivated in this work.
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Current Campus Context is Student Affairs Now’s rapid-response series breaking down the latest developments in higher education. In this August edition, host Heather Shea is joined by Dr. Felecia Comm...

Join the 2025 Institute on the Curricular Approach

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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · Aug 1

Higher ed is facing major challenges. This is a time to move boldly and invest in your teams to better use resources and double down on student success. Join us for @myacpa.bsky.social Institute on the Curricular Approach in October. I will see you there.
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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jul 23

Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his book The Power of Mattering. He describes how mattering differs from belonging and inclusion and how much mattering matters and a practical framework for cultivating mattering: noticing, affirming, and needing.
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The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance

Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his new book The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance. Zach comes from student affairs roots and focuses now on significance, meaning, purpo...

Here's the Story: "It Can't Be About Me"

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jul 9

While it is hard to think about the “dark place” that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lessons learned and victories won during that tough time.
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While it is hard to think about the "dark place" that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lesso...

Here's The Story: "Paid in Full"

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jul 9

Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full. studentaffairsnow.com/heres-the-st...

Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full.

Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education

Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Are you struggling to engage men effectively without reifying troubling patterns? Here’s a resource grounded in research and proven in practice.
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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jul 2

Dr. @annmarie-cano.bsky.social's Leading Toward Liberation offers an approach to HE leadership centering justice, healing, & systemic change. Drawing from liberation psychology & Latin American liberation theology, Caño advocates for acompañamiento leadership.
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Dr. Annmarie Caño discusses her book Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education. This book offers a transformative approach to leadership in higher education that...

The Caring University: Reimagining the Workplace after the Great Resignation

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jun 25

. @drkevinrmcclure.com shares a transformative approach to HE workplace culture. IHE must prioritize the well-being of faculty and staff to enhance student success. Kevin shares how leaders can re-imagine the workplace through a lens of organizational care.
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In his book The Caring University, Dr. Kevin McClure shares a transformative approach to higher education workplace culture. He argues that institutions must prioritize the well-being of faculty and s...

Strengths-Based Supervision in Student Affairs

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jun 19

Anne Brackett & Alicia Wojciuch explore how strengths-based approaches can transform how we supervise and lead. Whether you’re new to CliftonStrengths or know your top five by heart, you’ll leave with practical strategies, fresh insights, and ready to lead.
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Anne Brackett and Alicia Wojciuch, two dynamic leaders who’ve helped hundreds of student affairs professionals, join Heather Shea to explore how strengths-based approaches can transform the way we sup...

Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education: Narratives Toward Wholeness

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Jun 11

It's always amused me that the one guy in ZZ Top without a beard was the guy named Beard.

DJ Rays Music @djraysmusic.com · Jun 11

Happy Birthday to FRANK BEARD (ZZ Top) ...

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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · Jun 8

Remember those episodes of Andor where the group of rebels are fighting with each other over BS and personality conflicts while the Empire tries to provoke protesters into a reaction to justify gutting an entire planet?

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · May 28

The editors of Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education share stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being, embodiment, and inner work to becoming and social change.
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The editors of this book join to discuss contemplative practices for transformation. The volume shares stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being...

Reciprocity Required: Relationships Between Black and White Women in Higher Education

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · Jun 4

Authentic relationships between Black & white women are can be difficult due to realities of misogynoir & the role of white women in perpetuating harm. Learn about building reciprocal & accountable relationships beyond performativity toward connection & change.
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Authentic relationships between Black and white women in higher education are often difficult to cultivate—made more so by the persistent realities of misogynoir and the role white women can play in p...

Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · Jun 3

What if this Father’s Day or graduation season, we offered more than cash or platitudes — we offered unmasking?

Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity invites men to explore who they are beyond the scripts they’ve been handed.

Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing

Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · May 29

That Towns story from the day after the trade is something I still think about.

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Student Affairs Now @stuaffairsnow.bsky.social · May 21

. @drjessicariddell.bsky.social discusses mindsets & 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher ed from Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status quo and a call to “challenge the actual in the name of the possible."
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Dr. Jessica Riddell discusses mindsets and 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher education from her research and book Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status qu...

Practicing Trauma Stewardship

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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · May 20

How do we care for those who care for others?

In this week's video, I differentiate between trauma-informed care and trauma stewardship and discuss how to practice trauma stewardship for yourself and those you lead.

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Manufactured Urgency - Keith Edwards PhD - Speaker Author Coach

Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · May 13

Learn about the 4 different kinds of urgency and how to navigate...
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Manufactured urgency can be internally and externally imposed. Unbraiding this can help us lead more effectively.

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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · May 12

Friday is the deadline to register for our next Evolve cohort.

You can get a good sample of Evolve from this edited video of our webinar on The Leadership Superpower of Slowing Down, which emerged from our first year of working with senior leaders in Evolve.

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The Leadership Superpower of Slowing Down

Leading through and with Uncertainty: Evolve Summer 2025

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Keith Edwards @keithephd.bsky.social · May 8

It's time to invest in your leadership, so your leaders aren't waiting or arguing with uncertainty but leading through and with it. This summer, @drbrianarao.bsky.social, Dawn Lee, and I are offering Evolve for senior leaders and Evolve for Teams.
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