Leading With A Creative Mindset With Miami’s Rachelle Paul

Summary

• - Miami AD Dan Radakovich has hired a few former ADs to his senior leadership team; can you tell that a person has sat in the chair based on their thought process, their decision-making process?
• - Was there an eye-opening experience of seeing the budget you have to work with at Miami that demonstrated the difference in resources between that institution and a program like Saint Peter's?
• - Do you have an example of your creative lens being beneficial to Miami - where you said "We did this with 1/8 of the budget, so here's some perspective on how to approach this"?
• - In that hiring process, did you focus on what candidates were able to build at their previous institutions?
• - Tell me about seeing through the interview part, where people are presenting their best versions of themselves.
• - What was your thought process in making the jump from AD to Deputy AD?
• - Has "opportunity" always been a lens through which you make career decisions?
• - How did you structure your senior leadership team at Saint Peter's?
• - On a senior leadership team, there has to be a healthy balance of collaboration and competition. Did you see that balance when you were an AD?
• - What is your specific role as Deputy AD?
• - Do any one of those areas pull harder at the habits you've established throughout your career?
• - There's an overlap between student-athlete development - preparing athletes for life after sport - and mental health. Tell me about that aspect at Miami, which traditionally has prominent sport programs in terms of competitive success.
• - Have you had any moments during your year at Miami where you've reflected on past decisions you've made and thought, "I did a great job there" or "I could have done that differently"?