Christopher Gray

In this metaphor-loaded episode, Christopher Gray, Dean of Enrollment at Lasell University, discusses living and learning through a successful launch of a tuition reset, why communities matter to marathoners, and a nifty trick to try in your next meeting.

Rapid Descent

• Walkout songs: Dirt Road Anthem by Jason Aldean
• Best recent read: Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat. audiobook by Sarah Robb O'Hagan and Fearless Leadership: High Performance Lessons from the Flight Deck by Carey D. Lohrenz
• Eager to read next: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain 
• Favorite podcast: Hacking Your Leadership
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Chicken Parmesan
• What he uses to take and keep notes: Post-It Notes.
• Memorable bit of advice: "Success is when you leave something better than when you found it."
• Bucket list: Play the Old Course at St. Andrews with his father, who taught him how to golf when he was three. (Close second: finish his doctoral program.)

Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.