http://youtu.be/GN8Zh9jQEgA Institutions struggle to clarify for students the distinctive nature of the experience they offer. Their messages can fail to capture an understandable brand and differentiation. If so how do students understand the value added of one institution over another. In a highly competitive and complex environment, delivering on the promise of the experience one …
The Role of Faculty Leadership In Change, Staying True to our Mission, and Creating The Hendrix Odyssey
http://youtu.be/zHrYINz8iAU In this video I discuss "THE WISE ONES." Senior faculty and others who led the creation of the "Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging In Active Learning Academic Program" for Hendrix. They kept us true to our values in the liberal arts and sciences, provided diplomacy, envisioned the details, and moved the process along through sometimes …
Why Leading is Hard and Requires Audacity
http://youtu.be/U7WgJjz38wA In this video I try to capture some of The Struggle entailed in being in a Leadership Position. Making choices between two bad alternatives is not fun and people second guess often because they do not know the complexity of the facts. A new book by Ben Horowitz does a great job of telling …
A Great Book by an Author Who Has Lived the Terror and Exhilaration of Being the CEO
Ben Horowitz has written one of the most honest, powerful, and enlightening books on what it is like and the skills required to be a successful CEO. We know Horowitz: Founder and CEO of Opsware or Loudcloud which he sold to HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion. Then of course his venture capital firm bet …
The Arch of Your Life’s Narrative, the Diversity of Your Experiences, and the People You Get to Know Help to Define Your Leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbVxMN4-vg In this video I discuss some of the experiences I had growing up that have shaped the way I approach working in teams and leading projects. Time did not allow for me to discuss the influence of my high school, Dupont, friends in Hermitage and Old Hickory TN., United Methodist Churches in Nashville, and …
College Sticker Price, the amounts families pay for their student to attend, perceptions of prestige, quality programs and experiences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-TXGl589w In this video I explain the strategy we used to raise our price dramatically and then to give back a significant amount to families in discounts. Why this was critical to do for Hendrix. How many families do not know how to judge the complex aid and scholarship packages their student is offered. Why …
Hendrix Trustees Unveil Portrait and Host Event in Honor of Past President Cloyd
Media ReleaseHendrix College - The portrait was painted by Ming Qin for Portraits, Inc. and will hang in Mills Social Sciences Center alongside the official portraits of former Hendrix leaders.Dr. Cloyd became the 10th President of Hendrix in October 2001 after serving as Vice President for College Relations and Development for five years. Cloyd, a Professor …
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Portrait Unveiling and Event at the Murphy House at Hendrix College
The Chairman of the Board David Knight thanks former President Tim Cloyd for his vision and accomplishments for Hendrix College
The Value of an Outside Perspective in allowing Colleges to Examine Core Assumptions
http://youtu.be/6zy0GTWk4Ic In this video I describe why having the Art and Science Consulting Firm engage with Hendrix College produced positive results. Boards, Faculty, Staff, and others often resist spending funds to bring in education consulting firms to assist the community in the process of re-thinking the college's positioning platform. We do have talented brilliant scholars …
Tim Cloyd on the Odyssey Program at Hendrix
http://youtu.be/d3OEnP3Zg0s Here's a video of me discussing the Odyssey Program at Hendrix
Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd 