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

This book's "leadership seesaws" break down your leadership style into a series of choice points that will help you improve your effectiveness.

List of contents

Foreword by Walt Gmelch
Preface
Introduction: Embrace your Leadership!
Chapter I: The Seesaws of Academic Leadership: A Framework for Fine-tuning your Leadership Choices
Chapter II: Professional Identity
Chapter III: Professional Role, or "Whose Team am I On?"
Chapter IV: Leadership Comfort Zone
Chapter V: Decision-making Style
Chapter VI: Management Style
Chapter VII: Availability
Chapter VIII: Focus of Attention
Chapter IX: Feedback
Chapter X: Balance the Seesaws and Tailor your Leadership
Bibliography
About the Author

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.

Summary

This book's "leadership seesaws" break down your leadership style into a series of choice points that will help you improve your effectiveness.

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne A. K. Hey, Hey Jeanne A. K.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781475855012
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5501-2
• No. of pages: 122
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Leadership, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Educational strategies & policy, Educational administration & organization