Leadership transitions in universities : arriving, surviving and thriving at the top /: arriving, surviving and thriving at the top. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Kennie and Robin Middlehurst.
• Authors: Kennie, Tom; Middlehurst, Robin, 1954-
• Contents: PART 1: SETTING THE TRAJECTORY 1. Transitions: Concepts connections, challenges 2. Understanding the Role: The delicate balancing act 3. Understanding the Environment: Context and culture 4. ‘Being there’ and routes to ‘there’: Patterns and pathways 5. Undertaking the Journey Up: Motivations and making the cut PART 2: LEADING THE UNIVERSITY 6. Early Days: Surprises and sense-making 7. Senior Leadership Teams: It’s more than you 8. Working on the Agenda: Do strategy and planning really matter? 9. Leading change: From ‘launch pad’ to ‘lift off’ 10. Leading in a Crisis: Don’t forget BC, get through DC, focus on AC 11. Leading Externally: Concepts and cases 12. You and the Role: Surviving and thriving 13. Staying there: Most do, some don’t 14. The art and science of baton passing: Exiting well PART 3: WE NEED TO CHANGE 15. Shaping new beginnings: When, what and how? 16. The Future: for universities, for the Head of University (HoU) role and for transitions 17. Integrated leadership transitions: Planning and action 18. Voices from the top: final reflections on the realities of leading
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 378.101; Universities and colleges -- Administration; Educational leadership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000383706; 9781000383676; 9780429331114
• Related ISBNs: 9780367353827; 9780367353858
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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