ABSTRACT
A Guide to Leadership and Management in Higher Education shares an innovative approach to supervision, leadership, and management in the higher education workplace. Drawing from humanism and positive psychology, Fitch and Van Brunt weave together a compelling narrative for managing employees across generational differences. This book shares key leadership lessons and advice on how to inspire creativity, increase efficiency, and tap into the talents of your diverse, multi-generational staff. This guide offers practical and detailed advice on establishing new relationships, setting expectations, encouraging accountability, addressing conflict, and supervising difficult staff. Focusing on how to build and strengthen connections through genuineness and empathic caring, this book provides important guidance for today’s college and university leaders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |102 pages
A New Way of Thinking
chapter |13 pages
Relationships Matter
chapter |18 pages
Leadership versus Management
chapter |20 pages
Know Thyself … and Thy Staff
part |70 pages
Putting It Into Practice