Hello, and welcome to the fifth episode of Adventures in Advising, a podcast hosted by Colum Cronin and Matt Markin.

In this episode Colum and Matt examine leadership within Higher Education. What makes a good leader? How can you improve your leadership skills and abilities? What does leadership empowerment look like? They also discuss NACADA's Emerging Leader Program, which Matt graduated from, and the tangible benefits he received from it.

In this episode you’ll hear interviews with (in order of appearance): 

Locksley Knibbs  - Academic Advisor at Florida Gulf Coast Uiversity

Leigh Cunningham - Assistant Director, Programs & Projects, at NACADA

Maria Domingo - Academic Advisor at California State University San Bernardino

John Noriega - Academic Advisor at California State University San Bernardino

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