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Leading through disruption
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Higher education leaders face compounding pressures including financial restructuring, course closures, AI integration, and employer scrutiny. Research shows redundancies damage morale while leadership turnover accelerates. Drawing on Heifetz and Linsky's adaptive leadership framework, the article argues institutions focus too heavily on technical fixes while neglecting adaptive challenges — the human, cultural, and behavioural change required. Leaders are urged to name adaptive work explicitly in change plans and build sustainable support structures alongside operational ones.