The Survival Guide for Academic Leaders

This book provides practical advice for academic leaders to build trust and meaningful relationships, achieve results, and avoid common pitfalls. It offers insights from the STARBUILDING© professional coaching diagnostic and a long-term vision model, and is structured in an easy-to-follow approach with sources and checklists. It is designed for newly appointed and aspiring educational leaders, administrators, consultants, and government agency managers, helping them to build leadership judgment and political savvy from their first day on the job.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 130 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive and accessible book offers invaluable guidance on navigating the challenges and opportunities of academic leadership, empowering you to achieve outstanding results and avoid common pitfalls. It emphasizes the crucial role of building trust and meaningful relationships as a fundamental aspect of success in this role. By drawing upon the STARBUILDING© professional coaching diagnostic developed by Karen Greenstreet, a long-term vision model that identifies the key constituencies an academic leader must serve (clients, colleagues, and self), and the skillsets they must master (communication, organization, and thinking), this guide provides a structured framework for leaders to follow.

The advice offered is practical and easy to understand, with a clear and concise approach that includes helpful sources and checklists. Beyond the comprehensive framework, this innovative book addresses crucial issues such as staff development, public service, fundraising, and career success. Whether you are newly appointed or aspiring to become an educational leader, administrator, consultant, or government agency manager, this practical toolbox of leadership techniques will empower you to build leadership judgment and political savvy from your very first day on the job.

By embracing the principles outlined in this book, you will gain the tools and insights necessary to thrive in your academic leadership role and make a lasting impact on your institution and the broader community.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 152 x 227 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367683856