The Department Chair: A Practical Guide to Effective Leadership

This book provides a practical approach to leadership for department chairs in higher education, challenging readers to identify their true intentions, establish a healthy culture, hire effectively, address conflict, mentor and develop others, and lead students. It also covers crisis leadership and assessing when it's time to move on from the chair position.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 15 December 2021
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

While serving as a department chair can be one of the most rewarding leadership positions in higher education, it is also one for which most people are not adequately prepared. Given the significance of this position and its impact on students, faculty, and staff, this book provides a practical approach to leadership based upon the notion that the best way to improve organizations and the lives of those within them is by improving their leaders. As a result, readers will first be challenged to identify their true intentions for leading as a department chair, which means acknowledging that what makes one a successful faculty member does not, by itself, equate to being an effective leader. In addition, readers will learn how to establish a healthy culture, the importance of hiring, how to courageously address conflict, the value of mentoring and developing others, along with the significance of effectively leading students. In addition, readers will learn about crisis leadership and how to effectively assess if and when it is time to move on from the chair position.

While serving as a department chair can be one of the most rewarding leadership positions in higher education, it is also one for which most people are not adequately prepared. Given the significance of this position and its impact on students, faculty, and staff, this book provides a practical approach to leadership based upon the notion that the best way to improve organizations and the lives of those within them is by improving their leaders. As a result, readers will first be challenged to identify their true intentions for leading as a department chair, which means acknowledging that what makes one a successful faculty member does not, by itself, equate to being an effective leader. In addition, readers will learn how to establish a healthy culture, the importance of hiring, how to courageously address conflict, the value of mentoring and developing others, along with the significance of effectively leading students. In addition, readers will learn about crisis leadership and how to effectively assess if and when it is time to move on from the chair position.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 220 x 154 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781475862522