Academic leaders often approach faculty development as a sequence of workshops, webinars, or one-time teaching tips. Those offerings matter, but they do not, by themselves, create the kind of teaching culture that helps faculty grow, stay, and lead. Faculty development becomes more powerful when leaders treat it as infrastructure: a structured support system that scales across faculty roles, sustains growth over time, and reinforces the institution’s mission.

Ted Lasso’s Playbook for Higher Education Hiring Practices
The Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso (2020–) has not only taught us that football is life; it reminds us that leadership can make a significant difference in sport and
