Leadership in Higher Education

Leadership in Higher Education

by Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner
Released September 2019
Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 9781523087020

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Book description

The authors of the classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge bring their expertise to higher education, offering five practices that can make any college or university leader into an exemplary leader.

Drawing on the same pioneering research that formed the foundation of their classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge (over 2.7 million copies sold), James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a set of leadership skills and practices that will make a significant difference in every area of higher education—faculty, administration, library services, career counseling, auxiliary services, campus safety, and more. It's about the behaviors that leaders, regardless of their position, use to transform values into actions, visions into realities, obstacles into innovations, segments into solidarity, and risks into rewards.

Kouzes and Posner tell the leadership story from the inside and move outward, describing it first as a personal journey and then as mobilizing others to want to do things they have never done before. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership is the operating system for this adventure. Leadership in Higher Education explains the fundamental principles that support these practices and provides case examples of people in higher education who demonstrate each one.

A core theme that weaves its way through all the chapters is that, whether it's one to one or one to many, leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. We need leaders who can unite us and ignite us. This book lights the way.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. CHAPTER 1 Leadership Is a Relationship
    1. THE FIVE PRACTICES OF EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP
      1. Model the Way
      2. Inspire a Shared Vision
      3. Challenge the Process
      4. Enable Others to Act
      5. Encourage the Heart
    2. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEADERSHIP STORY
      1. What People Look For in Their Leaders
    3. CREDIBILITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF LEADERSHIP
  7. CHAPTER 2 Model the Way
    1. CLARIFY YOUR VALUES
      1. Explore Your Inner Territory
      2. Build and Affirm Shared Values
      3. Renew Shared Values
    2. LEAD BY EXAMPLE
      1. Spend Time and Pay Attention
      2. Turn Critical Incidents into Teachable Moments
      3. Tell Stories to Teach Virtues
      4. Choose Words and Questions Deliberately
      5. Develop Your Competence
    3. QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: MODEL THE WAY
  8. CHAPTER 3 Inspire a Shared Vision
    1. CLARIFY YOUR VISION
      1. Discover Your Theme
      2. Explore Your Past
      3. Immerse Yourself
    2. GET OTHERS ON BOARD
      1. Listen Deeply
      2. Discover a Common Purpose
      3. Take Pride in Being Unique
      4. Invoke Images of the Future
      5. Practice Positive Communication and Be Expressive
    3. QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: INSPIRE A SHARED VISION
  9. CHAPTER 4 Challenge the Process
    1. SEIZE THE INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE
      1. Encourage Initiative in Others
      2. Make Challenge Meaningful
      3. Look Outward for Fresh Ideas
    2. EXPERIMENT AND TAKE RISKS
      1. Make Small Wins Work
      2. Learn from Mistakes
      3. Promote Psychological Hardiness
    3. QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: CHALLENGE THE PROCESS
  10. CHAPTER 5 Enable Others to Act
    1. CREATE A CLIMATE OF TRUST
      1. Facilitate Positive Interdependence and Cooperation
      2. Support Norms of Reciprocity
      3. Foster Face-to-Face Interactions
      4. Produce Social Capital
    2. GENERATE POWER ALL AROUND
      1. Ensure Self-Leadership
      2. Provide Choices
      3. Build Competence and Confidence
      4. Foster Personal Responsibility and Accountability
    3. QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT
  11. CHAPTER 6 Encourage the Heart
    1. FOCUS ON CLEAR STANDARDS
      1. Expect the Best
      2. Pay Attention
      3. Develop Friendships
      4. Personalize Recognition
      5. Use a Creative Mix of Recognitions and Rewards
    2. FOSTER A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY
      1. Provide Social Support
      2. Be Personally Involved
    3. QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: ENCOURAGE THE HEART
  12. CHAPTER 7 Leadership Is Everyone’s Business
    1. LEADERSHIP IS LEARNED
    2. CONTRASTS AND CONTRADICTIONS
    3. KEEP HOPE ALIVE
    4. THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IN LIFE
    5. TAKE THE NEXT STEP
  13. Appendix: The Research Basis for This Book
  14. Notes
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Index
  17. About the Authors

Product information

  • Title: Leadership in Higher Education
  • Author(s): Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner
  • Release date: September 2019
  • Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781523087020