HomePublicationsLearning to Lead, Leading to LearnPart 1 Chapter 7: Learning to Navigate Online Leadership: An Invitation to Collaborate for Group Project Skeptics Download Chapter Book MenuLearning to Lead, Leading to Learn SectionsPart 1Part 2ChaptersPrefaceCourse Overview Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Final ClassBook Resources Contributors Playbook Download BookOpen Access PDFdoi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa11ISBN: 978-1-64317-593-5March 20263.2 MBMetrics: 139 views | 5 downloadsISBN: 978-1-64317-592-8March 2026 Erin LehmanLehman highlights how she learned to navigate a challenge faced by many leaders: the idea that we can “go it alone.” As the leader of Ivy Tech Community College’s IvyOnline School of Arts, Sciences, and Education—a unit offering 35,000 seats each semester to students enrolled in 70 unique courses across Indiana—managing independently wasn’t working. The only non-white individual in leadership meetings, Lehman was hesitant to speak up and ask questions. Learning from the “4DX” (4 Disciplines of Execution) podcast, though, Lehman developed new communication strategies and the ability to be “strategic” with time and energy. She then paused to listen to her team, identifying areas of strength and the ability to develop a shared vision and work strategies. Chapter DOI: doi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa11.7 Discussion QuestionsEspecially for faculty members in Humanities disciplines, like Lehman, working independently is a learned skill. How does the disciplinary training that you and your colleagues bring to leadership inform the ways that you build collaboration among your leadership team? Share:
