Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs: Reframing Higher Education's Middle (The ACE Series on Higher Education)
Deans and chairs, like other leaders everywhere, often rely on narrow views of their organizations that capture only part of the real picture. As a result, they miss out on a rich array of options available to them. Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs molds deans and chairs into better leaders by teaching them a new way of thinking about their universities, colleges, and departments. Reframing is the ability to examine a situation through multiple lenses, which not only enhances...
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This book analyzes the behavior of chairs and deans through the political, structural, human resources, and symbolic frames. Lessons learned from the negative as well as the positive scenarios are highlighted, enabling deans and chairs to easily adapt them to their own situations.
Ch. 1 Introduction: Trapped between a Rock and a Hard Place 1Ch. 2 The Way It Is: Ferreting Out Root Stresses and Plotting New Tactics 7Ch. 3 Change: Stifling Bedlam and Taming Turbulence 19Ch. 4 Faculty: Confronting Creeps and Cliques 35Ch. 5 Resources: Stepping Up to Cutbacks 47Ch. 6 Bosses: Winning over the Higher-Ups 57Ch. 7 The Way It's "Spozed" to Be: Leadership in Action 71Ch. 8 Conclusion: Practice and Perseverance 85Bibliography 91
\ Teaching Theology and ReligionThis short book provides a welcome addition to the literature on performing well in the role of dean and chair. Written by two individuals, one an administrator at a university with almost twenty years of experience in the roles of dean and chair, and the other a respected author on leadership, the book combines humor with insights into the complexities of serving as an institution's dean or chair. The book also contains a helpful bibliography with many recent titles that is worth its own exploration....This book would have profited me during the beginning of my tenure as dean, especially in avoiding some of the common mistakes that new deans and chairs make. I would highly recommend this resource to anyone who is considering becoming a dean or chair or who presently is one. This engaging book of case studies can make a difference in how one leads and interacts with others.\ \
