60minute virtual sessions
Laptop or phone. No prep required.
Skills are changing faster than training can keep up
Practical Leadership
Practical Leadership
in 60 minutes.
Not 60 hours.
Pivot in 60 delivers focused, expert-led leadership development for higher education. Built for teams and emerging leaders who don't have time to lose — because their institutions don't either.
The problem
Traditional professional development is too long, too generic, and too disconnected from the work.
Leaders today must navigate evolving technologies, shifting workplace expectations, and increasingly complex teams. The average in-person conference now costs over $3,000 per person — and the skill gap keeps growing.
01 · Time
Calendars don't open up
Multi-day retreats can't compete with the fire drill on a Tuesday afternoon.
02 · Pace
Skills shift faster than training
AI, equity, hybrid work — the work changes monthly, not annually.
03 · Fit
Generic content misses
Off-the-shelf programs aren't built for higher ed's specific team dynamics.
04 · Transfer
Learning rarely reaches practice
Without spaced repetition tied to real scenarios, behavior doesn't change.
What it is
A different approach to professional development — built for the pace your institution actually runs at.
Through certified coaching and expert-led 60-minute virtual sessions built around real workplace scenarios, Pivot in 60 helps your team continuously strengthen leadership capability — one focused learning experience at a time. Tracked, scheduled, and tailored to the most pressing needs of colleges and districts.
Format
Catalog
55+topics
A growing library — refreshed quarterly.
Cohort size
up to 16participants
8 per session. Typically Dean to VP level.
Pace
at your team's tempo
2–3 weeks between sessions.
The 60-minute session
Three parts. One hour.
Every Pivot in 60 session follows a deliberate arc — discovery, delivery, and analysis — so the learning lands and gets used.
0 – 15 min
15m
Discovery & Input
The facilitator surfaces what participants are actually wrestling with — so the rest of the session is anchored in real work, not abstractions.
15 – 45 min
30m
Deliver the Learning
A targeted teach grounded in a higher-ed case study. Concrete frameworks, named approaches, and language participants can use in their next meeting.
45 – 60 min
15m
Apply & Analyze
Participants work the framework against their own situation, name what they'll try this week, and leave with a small, specific commitment.
Core competencies
Built on the leadership skills colleges actually need.
Every session ties back to a core leadership competency. Topics evolve with college leadership — we add what your cabinet is asking for.
Levels of progress
Progress at the pace of your team. Go deeper where it matters.
Three tiers across every competency — so participants can move from awareness to integration without leaving the platform.
i.
Level One
Awareness & Foundations
Build a common vocabulary across the cabinet. Surface assumptions. Establish a shared mental model for each competency.
ii.
Level Two
Skill Development & Application
Move from concept to practice. Apply frameworks to real cases. Coach each other through situations participants brought into the room.
iii.
Level Three
Integration & Leadership in Action
Lead the practice across the institution. Sustain the behavior over time. Drive culture and capability beyond your own team.
Who it's for
Built for the people already in the room.
Designed for cabinets, deans, and emerging leaders inside two- and four-year institutions. Brought in by presidents and boards who want capability to compound — not consume calendars.
V
VPs & Deans
Practical leadership reps between board meetings, search cycles, and accreditation visits. Build the bench while running the institution.
L
Leadership Cabinet
A cabinet-wide development standard that fits the rhythm of the institution — and signals the seriousness of leadership investment.
B
Boards & Trustees
A visible, measurable leadership pipeline — without the cost or disruption of pulling people off-site for week-long programs.
Outcomes
What changes after 60 minutes — multiplied.
Pivot in 60 doesn't replace the strategic work. It builds the capability that makes the strategic work possible — week by week, session by session.
Leadership Team alignment amongst big change.
Used Pivot in 60 to re-ground the team around communication and decision-making frameworks during turnover and big new initiatives.
16Team members through Level Two
88%Reported direct use within a week
Building a leadership bench mid-strategy.
President ran Pivot in 60 across 14 emerging leaders alongside a strategic-plan rollout — feeding new talent into committee work tied to the plan.
3×Internal promotions in 6 months
$0Travel & per-diem cost
Composite cases reflective of recent engagements. Full references available on request.
Engagement & pricing
Designed to be accessible to every college & district.
A single annual subscription covers a full cohort with no per-session, per-topic, or travel costs. Add participants any time.
Annual Cohort Subscription
$25,000/ year
Up to 16Participants
24Sessions / year
12Topics
3Levels
Additional participants prorated at $1,500 / year.
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Exclusive higher-ed consulting partner
CBT is Pivot in 60's exclusive higher-education partner.
Pivot in 60 is the on-demand leadership development engine. CBT brings the strategic context — certified coaches blended with former presidents, provosts, and CFOs who know how leadership development has to land inside a real institution. Together, the two are designed to compound: capability built session by session, applied against the strategy that brought you to CBT in the first place.
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The clock is running
Leadership in 60 minutes.
Leadership in 60 minutes.
Starting this week.
Bring Pivot in 60 to your cabinet or emerging-leader cohort. CBT will help you scope, schedule, and align the program to the strategic work already underway at your institution.