Lead With YOU! by CCBD
A Podcast for Academic Leaders
Welcome to Lead With YOU!, a podcast by Cultural Connections by Design (CCBD) created for academic leaders who are ready to lead with intention, courage, and culture-centered clarity.
Hosted by leadership strategist and former academic leader Dr. Nicole R. Robinson, this podcast is your weekly space to reflect, grow, and realign. Whether you’re navigating a new role, driving institutional change, or simply trying to lead with more purpose in the midst of complexity—this show is for you.
Each episode explores the real challenges of leadership in higher education through personal stories, practical tools, and candid conversations rooted in CCBD’s signature frameworks—including the proprietary 4 P’s: People, Place, Process, and Power.
This isn’t about perfection. It’s about alignment.
Because lasting change starts with YOU!
Subscribe, tune in, and lead with us—see you there!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 3
- Years Active
- 2025
"New" Doesn't Just Mean New
In this episode of Lead With YOU, Dr. Nicole R. Robinson explores what it truly means to navigate a leadership transition. It’s not just about starting a new job or stepping into a new title — real t…
Leadership Transition: The One Thing New Academic Leaders Forget to Do
Episode 2: The One Thing New Academic Leaders Forget to Do
Lead With YOU Podcast | Hosted by Dr. Nicole Robinson
In this episode of the Lead With YOU podcast, Dr. Nicole R. Robinson dives into one of t…
It’s Finally Here: Done, Not Perfect
I almost didn’t hit record.
Like many academic leaders, I wanted it to be polished, perfectly timed, and perfectly executed. But then I remembered the kind of leadership I believe in—and the kind I te…