Executive coaching is designed in a way that benefits both the leader and the institution. Therefore, Academic Search believes executive coaching should be approached from a systems perspective and in the context in which the leader is leading.
We believe that leadership is learned through ongoing practice, reflection, action and assessment. Thus, leadership always occurs in a particular context, leads to action, and has an impact to be evaluated.
Leading colleges and universities today is both noble and daunting work. We created our Executive Coaching Practice based on this philosophy so that presidents and senior leaders have professional and qualified leadership companions and guides on the leadership journey. We are committed to the effectiveness, sustainability and well-being of new and incumbent presidents and senior leaders. We believe that both the interiority of leaders and the exterior demands of institutional leadership are complementary.
LEADER-FIRST APPROACH
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
MEET OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVE COACHES
Meg Richtman
Assistant Vice President, Executive Coaching Practice and Senior Executive Coach
Meg.Richtman@academicsearch.org
Ms. Meg Richtman is passionate about organizational leadership and capacity building. She knows first-hand the joys and challenges of institutional leadership and the importance of sustaining leaders. As Assistant Vice President, Executive Coaching Practice, Ms. Richtman serves as the chief operating officer and deputy practice leader of the Executive Coaching Practice.
Ms. Richtman brings over twenty-five years of higher education experience, including fifteen years in executive leadership, serving as Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, and Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing for three Council of Independent College member institutions.
Ms. Richtman began her career administrative leadership career at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota where she served for twelve years. She successfully led and executed the expansion and integration of undergraduate, adult degree completion, and graduate multi-campus alumni programs. Ms. Richtman led, developed, and executed University Advancement initiatives and strategies across development disciplines, alumni relations, marketing, and communications. She also served as the University Centennial Director, successfully leading all aspects of the year-long national celebration. Ms. Richtman served on the President’s Cabinet at Iowa Wesleyan University for over a decade in vice-presidential roles in advancement, strategic initiatives, government relations, and enrollment, marketing, and communications. Additionally, she oversaw the Office of the President, managed the university long-range strategic planning process and implementation, and coordinated Board of Trustee Affairs. Before arriving at Academic Search, Ms. Richtman served on the President’s Council at Millikin University as Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing & Communications.
Ms. Richtman holds a B.A. in communications and an M.A. in organizational leadership from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She resides in Iowa, with her husband, Mike, and their three children.
EXECUTIVE COACHING OFFERINGS
Whether a seasoned president or new to an executive role, our Executive Coaching Process is designed to customize and optimize your experience to advance your leadership and institutional goals.
We offer executive coaching to individual seasoned leaders, individual new or transitioning leaders, and cabinet and senior leadership teams, as well as assessment debriefs.
To learn more, please fill out our form to contact our Practice Leader.
“I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum capabilities.”
“Coaches are your external eyes and ears, providing a more accurate picture of your reality. So, “It’s not just how good you are now, it’s how good you’re going to be that really matters.”
“A sense of purpose provides an ongoing capacity to generate possibilities… and to find the values that make risk-taking meaningful.”
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