A guide for leaders in higher education : core concepts, competencies, and tools / Brent D. Ruben, Richard De Lisi, and Ralph A. Gigliotti ; foreword by Doug Lederman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. ONE LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CRITICAL NEED IN A COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING LANDSCAPE -- 1. Leadership And Leadership Development In Higher Education -- Time for Change -- 2. Higher Education Landscape -- Navigating the Organizational and Strategic Leadership Terrain -- 3. College And University Missions -- Purposes, Principles, and Perspectives -- 4. Higher Education's Multiple Stakeholders -- Perspectives and Pressures -- pt. TWO LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS AND COMPETENCIES -- 5. Campus Cultures And Intercultural Tensions -- Leader as Organizational Ethnographer and Cross-Cultural Communicator -- 6. Challenging Transition From Pilot To Air Traffic Controller -- Leadership in Crowded Skies -- 7. What Is Leadership? -- 8. Leadership-Communication Connections -- 9. Competency Approach -- Two-Dimensional View of Higher Education Leadership -- 10. Formal And Informal Leadership In Higher Education -- Roles and Responsibilities -- pt. THREE APPLIED TOOLS FOR LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS -- 11. Becoming A Better Leader -- Self-Assessment and Leadership Development -- 12. Envisioning And Achieving Excellence -- Rubric and Practical Tool for Organizational Review and Improvement -- 13. Strategic Communication -- Developing Essential Habits for Effective Leadership -- 14. Strategic Planning -- Core Concepts and Critical Steps -- 15. Understanding And Leading Change In Colleges And Universities -- 16. Using Metrics To Track Progress, Measure Outcomes, And Assess Effectiveness -- 17. Crisis Leadership -- Upholding Institutional Values -- 18. Organizational Continuity And Change -- Leadership Succession Planning -- pt. FOUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODELS -- 19. Leadership Development In Higher Education -- Snapshot of Approaches, Characteristics, and Programs -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Intercultural Communication Behavior Scales -- Appendix B Leadership Competencies Scorecard 2.0 -- Appendix C Change Planning Worksheets -- Appendix D Snapshot of Signature Leadership Programs at Big Ten Academic Alliance Member Institutions.

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