The Nebo Company and Higher Education
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From its earliest days in 2004, Nebo has served leaders in higher education to provide services that develop leadership, strengthen teams, enhance strategy, and align the institution to achieve desired change. Our approach reflects close collaboration with university leaders over time. Not only do we understand the ongoing challenges of leading colleges and universities, we are committed to developing the innate abilities of capable leaders who can bring innovation and forge the path forward.
Nebo and Higher Education
Nebo provides services that strengthen leadership, build strong, effective teams, and elevate strategy and execution. We are known for the caliber of our leadership coaches who bring deep experience in coaching university presidents and chancellors, provosts, vice presidents, deans, and directors. Our distinctive strategic visioning process is an excellent fit for higher education. Our work with leadership teams transforms a group of individual contributors into a high-functioning, results-focused team. Nebo’s Transformational Leadership Framework underlies our programming and introduces leaders to key concepts needed to succeed in today’s environment.
Developing People for Institutional Advantage
Nebo offers leadership development programs and one-on-one coaching customized for Higher Education. Choose coaching with a Nebo coach to invest in your most talented people and to help them gain the skillsets and mindsets needed for next-level success.
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One-on-one Coaching: Nebo has cultivated a diverse pool of highly credentialed leadership coaches with deep expertise and passion for coaching higher education leaders. Our coaches bring a deeply engaging, transformative approach that supports greater professional achievement and personal fulfilment.
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Leadership Team Development Programs: Our workshops and team development programs ensure that the institution’s key teams are working together effectively as they bring about the university’s strategic priorities.
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Skill Development Workshops: Do your department heads and supervisors have the skills needed to lead and manage others effectively? Our workshops are particularly beneficial to those who supervise and oversee the work of others. Topics focus on Emotional Intelligence, Adaptive Leadership, Courageous Communication, Delegation, Developing Others, Influence without Authority, and more. Workshops may be presented as single events or in a series.
- Sponsorship and Accelerated Mentoring Program: Nebo has designed an original approach to connect the next generation of leaders to the wisdom of proven leaders. Our Circle methodology builds relationships, opens up career-changing dialogue, and helps rising leaders to better see and understand their institutions.
Proven Approaches to Organization Development, Customized For You
Strategic Visioning and Long-Term Planning
We help colleges and universities define and articulate a compelling vision for the future, particularly during times of change or leadership transition. Our client institutions seek to define a clear, compelling vision, identify strategic priorities that are essential to achieving the vision, and then align strategy with implementation. Nebo’s proven strategic visioning process creates many opportunities for community engagement to invite input, help build understanding and generate excitement about the envisioned future.
Cultivating Organizational Culture and Core Values
We facilitate workshops and series that bring forward the voice of the institution. Our work includes refreshing or creating core values with broad institutional buy-in, then designing summits and initiatives to translate those values into daily practices. Nebo’s Values Development Process surfaces the most important institutional values, linking these values to how people treat one another, make decisions, and prioritize. Tapping into “real life” stories from the community, we ensure that the values you espouse are the ones that people can see in action. This process builds trust and confidence amongst community members.
A Tailored, Human-Centric Approach
Every engagement begins with listening. We seek to understand an institution's cultural context, long-standing practices, and strategic aspirations before designing coaching programs, leadership retreats, or firm-wide initiatives. We model collaboration, compassion, and clarity throughout the process.
Balancing Tradition and Innovation
We respect the legacy and strengths of colleges and universities while introducing coaching, culture-building, and strategic visioning practices that prepare institutions for the future. Our work balances honoring foundational values with enabling institutions to adapt to an evolving higher education environment.
Case Study: Higher Education Strategic Visioning & Planning
The president of a prominent university reached out to Nebo to facilitate a visioning and planning process. Having assumed the presidency just 18 months prior, the president sought a means to engage the community in a forward-looking initiative that would not only set the direction for the future but also foster unity during a challenging and discordant pandemic era.
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