Building Departmental Resilience explores what makes academic departments resilient, including how they respond to change, navigate conflict, and support the success and well-being of faculty, staff, and students. In a 35-minute video, Diana Kardia examines common barriers to resilience and introduces five levels of departmental resilience along with strategies for growth and improvement.
De-Escalating Faculty Meetings explores how faculty meetings can either strengthen departmental collaboration or become sources of conflict and division when tensions run high. In a 30-minute video, Diana Kardia shares practical strategies for keeping meetings productive, preventing unhelpful escalations, and encouraging meaningful participation from a wide range of perspectives.
De-Escalating Departmental Tension and Crisis describes research on group conflict and leadership to inform how faculty and staff can decrease intensity, clarify common goals, and increase communication during moments of departmental tension or crisis. In a 24-minute video, Diana Kardia translates this research in to practical strategies.
Diana Kardia is a subject matter expert on faculty careers, change strategies, academic departments, and what it takes for wildly diverse individuals to harness their collective expertise and experience into endeavors that advance knowledge, community, and the ability to solve the most vexing and important challenges we face.
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