ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
David A. Armstrong, J.D., the 10th President of St. Thomas University, shares his proven strategies for turning around small, faith-based colleges and universities facing serious challenges. Drawing on his deep experience rescuing institutions from the brink of closure, President Armstrong outlines the 20 essential steps every leader must take to restore financial health, enrollment growth, and long-term success. In this powerful series, he offers actionable insights and leadership lessons for anyone tasked with transforming higher education institutions in crisis.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 8 hours
Average audio length:
39 minutes
Video podcast
English
United States
9 episodes
since May 5, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
We end The 20 Things with our Epilogue and last questions.
Thank you for listening.
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The 20 Things I Know Walking Into a Financially Failing Institution (and how to fix them!).
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
We continue with The 20 Things.
Number 19, Data, Data, Data. Know Thyself!
Number 20, Forgetting the Final Role of Leadership: Succession
We continue with The 20 Things.
Number 16, The Policy & Procedure Desert
Number 17, Giving It Away
Number 18, School Spirit is a Ghost
We continue with The 20 Things
Number 13, Paying Others to Tell Your Story
Number 14, The Board Is In the Dark
Number 15, People Are Not Being Held Accountable
We continue with The 20 Things
Number 10, WAYMISH Culture
Number 11, Not Making Money at Your Core Function
Number 12, Trying to Raise Money, Rather Than Finding Investors
We continue The 20 Things with
Number 7, If I Need Consultants, I Don't Need You
Number 8, Athletics Are Not Institution First
Number 9, No Partners, Only Vendors
We continue The 20 Things with
Number 4, Shared Governance Denial
Number 5, A Can't-Do Attitude is Present in Revenue Production
Number 6, Everybody Hates I.T.
Today, we start The 20 Things I Know with
Number 1, We Have Lost that Vision Thing
Number 2, The Poverty Pit
Number 3, The Front Porch is Falling Off the House
On our Episode 00, President Armstrong shares an overview of his life story so far. Get to know the man behind The 20 Things I Know Walking Into a Financially Failing Institution (and how to fix them!)
You have seen all episodes of this podcast
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from St. Thomas University, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,827,470 podcasts and 196,246,651 episodes by people, places, or topics.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, so I listen to podcasts.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The 20 Things I Know Walking Into a Financially Failing Institution (and how to fix them!).
CLAIM THIS PODCAST
Why to claim podcasts?
If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes
podcast pages.
It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts.
After claiming your Listen Notes podcast pages, you will be able to:
✓
Manually refresh the RSS feed to sync up
✓
Get a verified badge (
✓
) alongside with your podcast name on Listen Notes
✓
Post classified ads for sponsorship,
guests, co-hosts,
cross-promotion...
✓
Respond to listener comments on Listen Notes
✓
Use speech-to-text techniques to transcribe your show and
edit transcripts
✓
Improve the presence of your podcasts, e.g., self-service
podcaster interview...
✓
If you share your Listen Notes page and at-mention @ListenNotes
on X (formerly Twitter),
our official X (formerly Twitter) account will retweet to promote
your show to our followers.
Coming soon:
◯ Self-service promotion on Listen Notes
◯ Track your podcast stats on Listen
Notes, e.g., listens, page
views...
◯ Manage episodes
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
