Lynn Vidler
Leadership Isn't a Role with Lynn Vidler
To paraphrase Lynn: Leadership isn't a roll - it's a thing you do when the challenge is too big to face along. What happens when a former ballet dancer, West Point professor, and nonbinary academic challenges the way we think about leadership? In this episode, Lynn Vidler discusses the failures of higher education's leadership pipeline, the transformative power of authenticity, and what it means to lead with empath in a world shaped by systemic expectations. With human and insight, Lynn reflects on the harm of abusive leadership, the healing found in self-awareness, and their mission to reshape leadership culture in academia.
To paraphrase Lynn: Leadership isn't a roll - it's a thing you do when the challenge is too big to face along. What happens when a former ballet dancer, West Point professor, and nonbinary academic challenges the way we think about leadership? In this episode, Lynn Vidler discusses the failures of higher education's leadership pipeline, the transformative power of authenticity, and what it means to lead with empath in a world shaped by systemic expectations. With human and insight, Lynn reflects on the harm of abusive leadership, the healing found in self-awareness, and their mission to reshape leadership culture in academia.
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Guest Biography
L. Lynn Vidler, Ph.D. (they/them), is Professor of Spanish and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). They hold a Bachelors degree from New York University a Masters and Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine in Spanish Literature. As a scholar, their primary research focuses on the literature of early-modern Spain with special attention on approaches to the study of staging practices of 17th-century drama. Dr. Vidler is the author of Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama: Reviving and Revising the Comedia (Palgrave 2014) which was declared “a manifesto for the field” by Shakespeare Bulletin. Dr. Vidler’s secondary research field is leadership development and the scholarship of academic administration. Their upcoming volume, Developing Deans: Transforming Academic Leadership, is forthcoming from Vernon Press. In addition to their administrative role, Dr. Vidler co-directs campus leadership development efforts including UCCS’s Higher Learning Commission Quality Initiative on Leadership Development. Dr. Vidler has also provided leadership on various national and community boards including the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences, the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, the Pikes Peak Workforce Development Board, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation and the Unity Project. Previously, they served as Dean of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at UCCS, Program Director of Spanish and Associate Dean at the United States Military Academy, and Associate Dean at the University of South Dakota. |
Show Notes
Season 3, Episode 15 Credits
Guest: Lynn Vidler Host: Liz Cavallaro Host: Bree Fram Audio: Frieda Garcia Show Notes: Kirsten Pecua |