Services

 

Tricia King offers a bespoke service and would like to visit your institution and meet with you to discuss how she may be able to help. A few of the services she is already offering are outlined here but she is flexible and can develop programmes of consultancy and coaching to respond to specific institutional and strategic needs.

Space to think for leaders

TKCC offers confidential and informed one to one leadership support.  This service is rooted in a deep understanding of the culture of the sector and institutional dynamics. It offers access to examples of international best-practice, professional networks and partnership opportunities.
 

Transformational change

TKCC can support leaders facing challenging change agendas as they seek to understand their situation and start to plan for transformation – helping to envisage, facilitate and deliver transformational change.

Authentic stories

TKCC can work with senior staff and stakeholders to identify and sharpen a compelling, distinctive and authentic story. Used coherently and consistently a powerful narrative with key messages can engage and connect all communities.  This will likely include prospective and current students, staff, alumni, governors, donors, suppliers, feeder institutions, corporates, media, cities, regions, local and national government.  

Professional and academic community tension

TKCC has experience of overcoming the, sometimes limiting, barriers and tensions between professional and academic staff.  Expertise is available to help develop cultural intelligence and empathy to enable colleagues to understand each other better and work well across the divide.

Cost-effective professional staff and budget allocation

TKCC can help with the creative and cost-effective integrated deployment of externally facing professional staff and budget.  Expertise is available in the combined potential of student recruitment, widening access, alumni relations, marketing, fundraising and communications with all important groups.
 

Interim leadership

TKCC will work as an in-house interim and strategic change leader in areas of External Relations - supporting department reviews, restructuring and reprioritisation.   This will focus on the effective integration and co-ordination of marketing, communications, alumni relations, fundraising, government relations, widening access and engagement strategy.
 

Coaching for success

TKCC can coach your senior professional leaders on how to be influential and effective in complex academic communities.  Professional teams can be developed to work in cross cutting, collegial, creative ways – regardless of structure.  This might include bespoke programmes of leadership coaching and development as well as ongoing, one-to-one coaching and mentoring

Cultural Intelligence

TKCC can advise on how to understand the nuance required to operate successfully in different geographies