The Balancing Acts of Academic Leadership: A Guide for Department Chairs and Deans - Softcover

Hey, Jeanne A. K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147585501X ISBN 13: 9781475855012

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

Are you an academic leader or considering taking on a leadership position in the academy? Then this book is for you, even in an era of crisis in the highly-complex higher education sector. A one-size-fits-all leadership philosophy can not meet all the challenges and opportunities facing academic leaders. Rather, successful leaders require a range of approaches and an ample supply of tools to maximize their effectiveness. This volume takes you through a series of balancing acts, each of which helps you to tailor your leadership choices to the issue at hand.It helps leaders to identify your current strengths and comfort zone in a series of dimensions and then encourages you to move beyond those comfort zones and to develop an ever-expanding array of leadership tools and skills. The result will be greater effectiveness in your decision-making, relationships, and management.

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About the Author

Jeanne A.K. Hey is associate provost, professor of political science, and dean emerita at the University of New England. She writes and speaks on leadership in the higher education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147585501X
• ISBN 13: 9781475855012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 121