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We help you navigate disruption
to provide the education and research needed to transform our world!

Whether it is apparent or not, all aspects of higher education organizations have been disrupted by change , which decreases capacity to achieve goals. The biggest threat to higher ed institutions is an inability to pivot effectively and sustainably through change. The stakes are too high to leave change to chance because the decisions and actions made today will impact your institution's students, faculty, staff, operations and communities for decades! 

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Failed initiatives create a human toll, impact careers and reputations, interrupt progress and squander valuable, finite time, opportunities and resources. Let us help you navigate the barriers to solving-problems, seizing opportunities and achieving your goals. What could be more important?   
Contact us today, we're in it together!

Can you afford to get it wrong?

When failure is not an option, we help stakeholders make crucial paradigm shifts to build agility to balance what is desired with what is possible because even the best leaders cannot outperform their organization's capacity to deliver the mission.
 

 ADAPT and PIVOT to Support your Initiatives!

It's Complicated and Complex! Between where you want to go and where you are is likely a very messy middle --a transition gap.   We can help you shift gears.

Whether it's enrollment, budget, student affairs, academic or technology initiatives, shared governance, DEI, or whatever else keeps you up at night, capacity-building expands your ability to pivot through current and inevitable future change.

Customized services and retreats help campus coalitions improve the capacity of the organization's ecosystem of people, systems, processes, technologies and resources to work in sync to improve outcomes. What could be more important?​​​​

Answers    Solutions    Action

Dr. Donna M. Buchanan, Crucial Shift Consulting President has over 20 years experience planning and implementing effective change strategies across industries and projects.

The Department Chair

 Wiley Publications

Spring 2024

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The Department Chair

 Wiley Publications

Winter 2024

The Department Chair

 Wiley Publications

Winter 2023

CHANGE MANAGEMENT ARTICLES

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