Making the Case for Leadership - Profiles of Chief Advancement Officers in Higher Education

Informationen zum Autor Jon Derek Croteau is a senior consultant with Witt/Kieffer! the single largest executive search and leadership solutions firm specializing in health care! education! and not-for-profit organizations committed to improving the quality of life. He is also adjunct professor at The University of Rochester in the Warner Graduate School of Education. He is the author of The People First Approach! a guide to recruiting! developing and retaining the right people! and has published numerous articles on strategic talent management in higher education. Zachary A. Smith is assistant vice chancellor of development at the University of California! Riverside. He also consults with higher education institutions on talent management and organizational research projects. Previously! he was the senior director of strategic talent management & initiatives for university advancement at the University of California! Irvine. His work has been highlighted in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Klappentext The advancement industry has experienced tremendous growth in breadth and depth over the last few decades. Driving this growth is the chief advancement officer; however, as a relatively new position on most college and university campuses, little is formally known about the role and the people who fill it. In Making the Case for Leadership, Jon Derek Croteau and Zachary A. Smith provide insightful and intimate details of ten of the most high performing and successful CAOs in the industry: their career paths, leadership philosophies, and other important leadership variables. Additionally, the book presents the authors' Advancement Leadership Competency Model, based on the results of the interviews and rigorous data analysis. Croteau and Smith delve further into the advancement office and its history, impact, and potential than any book-or research-ever has. They conclude this momentous undertaking with the lessons learned and implications for the future related to the next generation of advancement leaders and future leadership development and training programs. Zusammenfassung This book identifies details and themes of leadership along with theoretical and practical implications important to a broad academic audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of Higher Education Advancement The Colonial Period A Nation Develops Growth and Prosperity Fundraising and Advancement Programs Professionalize Advancement Modernizes The Chief Advancement Officer of the 21st Century Chapter 2: Leadership in Higher Education and Advancement What is Leadership? Higher Education Leadership Advancement Leadership Chapter 3: Issues of Methodology Leadership and Competence Leadership and Competence in Higher Education The Approach Identifying the Cases The Interviews and Data Analyzing and Presenting the Cases Chapter 4: Lisa D. Calvert: The Analytic Fundraiser Perspectives on Leadership Leadership Development and the Future of Advancement Leaders Chapter 5: Michael C. Eicher: A Father's Influence Perspectives on Leadership Leadership versus Management Leadership Development and the Future of Advancement Leaders Chapter 6: Susan K. Feagin: An Ivy Lifer Perspectives on Leadership Leadership Development and Future of Advancement Leaders Chapter 7:Patricia P. Jackson: A Natural Born Advancement Leader Perspectives on Leadership Chapter 8: Connie Kravas: The Academician Turned Advancement Professional Leadership Development and the Future of Advancement Leaders Chapter 9 Jerry A. May: Leadership from the Big Ten Perspectives on Leadership Leadership Development & Training and the Future of Advancement Leadership Chapter 10: Sarah R. Pearson: Creative Strategist Perspectives on Leadership Leadership Development & Training and the Future of...

Product details

• Authors: Jon Derek Croteau, Jon Derek Smith Croteau, Jon Derek/ Smith Croteau, Zachary A. Smith
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9781442206335
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0633-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system