Practitioners' Guide: Integrating Practice and Theory for Advancement
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Practitioners’ Guide Integrating Practice and Theory for Advancement Thomas Bakewell Thomas Bakewell works as a management consultant. He has years of experience consulting with higher education, the corporate world and not-for-profits (NFPs). He has conducted over 50 major engagements for higher education boards, presidents and NFPs nationwide in the areas of strategy, advancement, finance, full-scale organizational transformation, good corporate governance, and organizational effectiveness. He is active with leading board retreats, strategic planning, and speaking engagements. Prior to consulting, Tom held a number of senior management, finance and legal positions in both the nonprofit and for-profit world.
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a multipart practitioners’ guide focused on strategic planning, organizational development, and legal issues. It will feature practical advice and powerful insights for implementing advancement programs that are organized, productive, and legal—and that generate top results. Thomas Bakewell, an organizational development specialist skilled in leadership, planning, and the law, will address these unique components of higher education advancement that make a vital difference. Come on now. Tell the truth. Given the nature of your work, how often do you Author’s Contact Address: Thomas Bakewell Management Consultant Bakewell Consulting Group 333 South Kirkwood Rd., Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63122 USA Phone: + 1 314 965 5511 Fax: + 1 314 966 7756 Email: [email protected]
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get to blend the rigor of deep ‘‘academic’’ thinking with high-quality research and mix it straight away into your intense daily pressure-cooker demands of educational advancement as we know it today? Pretty rare isn’t it? I am pleased to say that is what you have with this issue of the Journal—rigorous thinking, timely high-quality research, and intensely practical ideas and articles useful for your daily work and beyond. I am smiling as I review that last sentence, because I have a personal secret, actually two secrets. Not only was I surprised by the invitation to write this section, given the practice-oriented nature of my consulting and the high-quality research found in this journal, but I never desired to earn a doctorate, nor ever pursued one. Don’t get me wrong, education was always very important to me. But my career plan dictated a practice-oriented path with lots of other learning in law, finance, management, and the like. This was mixed in with much hands-on management experience over the years. And yet, most of my clients have had distinguished academic careers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT. VOL.5 NO.2 192–195 ª HENRY STEWART PUBLICATIONS 2005. ISSN 1744-6511.
Integrating Practice and Theory for Advancement
So why the surprise and smile on my face? Because every now and then a gift shows up! I have always truly valued great academic research, but in my daily work of strategic and organizational consulting with presidents, the time for deep thinking and high
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