Written by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner-- two of the foremost experts on the topic of leadership-- the Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Exemplary Leadership clearly shows how anyone can develop the key leadership skills needed "to get extraordinary things done" on their campuses. This important resource outlines the principles and practices that are solidly based in more than two decades of quantitative and qualitative research. The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Exemplary Leadership
Describes the proven Five Practices of Exemplary Leadershipâ
Explains the fundamental principles that support the key leadership practices
Provides actual case examples of real people on college and university campuses who demonstrate each practice
Offers specific recommendations on what to do to own these practices
Shows how to continue to develop as a leader
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Quality thinking for Academic Administrators:
It seems some days that there are as many books available on the topic of leadership as there are leaders, all of them covering the same ground with one different twist, leadership from people that like Swiss cheese, or leadership as postulated through the random variables of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. In The Academic Administrator's Guide to Exemplary Leadership, you will find no trendy niche marketing approaches to leadership; it contains straight forward, to-the-point thinking on what works in... more info
Repacking of a leadership classic:
Kouzes and Posner are the coauthors of The Leadership Challenge, one of the classic leadership books. In this book, they have repackaged those ideas for an academic audience. While the ideas are not new, this recontextualization is very effective for applying them to the academic setting.
