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Intentional Ways of Connection

In this clip, the Dean of the Graduate School shares her leadership style. She explains how important it is to her to connect with the people she works with by building relationships and learning everyone’s name. During the pandemic she had to be creative because those relationships were difficult to build over zoom but she put in the work.

It’s their lane. I don’t need to know everything that’s happening there. I don’t need to be consulted on every decision. I trust them as leaders.