Academic leaders are often trained to focus on vision, communication, decision-making, and change management. Those skills matter. Still, every leadership decision eventually depends on the people asked to carry it forward. In higher education, those people may be faculty, staff, students, committee members, department chairs, or program directors.

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
