Meetings are not foreign to academic leaders, but strategic planning meetings and meetings aimed at complex problem-solving with partners are weightier than others. In these situations, choosing to use an experienced facilitator who is outside your department or college can result in these benefits:

Investigative Overreach on Campus: Faculty Perspectives and Strategies for Improvement
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