LibGuides: LHE-7100: Week 7 Resources

Week 7 Resources

A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools by Doug Lederman (Foreword by); Brent D. Ruben; Richard De Lisi; Ralph A. Gigliotti
ISBN: 9781620363935
Publication Date: 2016-11-17
Ruben, B. D., & De Lisi, R. (2017). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools. Stylus.
Read Chapter 11: Becoming a Better Leader, pp 167-180. This chapter provides a roadmap on how to develop into a better leader. The authors offer a five-step path for developing as a leader of yourself, others, and organizations. This process is ongoing and should be deliberate and planned. The chapter contains excellent resources to explore your skills, abilities, and strengths after this course is over.

Academic leadership development programs: Conceptual foundations, structural and pedagogical components, and operational considerations
Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., & Gigliotti, R.A. (2018). Academic leadership development programs: Conceptual foundations, structural and pedagogical components, and operational considerations. Journal of Leadership Education, 17(3), 241-254.
This author discusses a formal leadership program developed by Rutgers University for higher education leaders in mid-level university positions. Of particular interest is the discussion about the challenging and changing landscape for higher education leaders, how leadership and management issues often overlap, the role of communication and social influence in leadership, and the importance of developing excellent communication skills.
Becoming intentional and strategic: Developing middle leaders in California community colleges
Asera, R. (2019 April). Becoming intentional and strategic: Developing middle leaders in California community colleges. A retrospective report. RPgroup.org
This report describes one system's effort to acknowledge the leadership roles of "middle" leaders within higher education institutions and the themes and issues associated with leaders in the middle. The authors describe structured efforts to implement change initiatives and develop faculty, staff, and administrators into leaders through the Basic Skills Initiative Leadership Institute for Curricular and Institutional Transformation (BSILI) and the Research and Planning Group for California Community College's (PR Group) Leading from the Middle (LFM). Themes to think about include how not everyone views themselves as a leader and how not everyone in higher education necessarily wants to be a leader. Notice how often there is a blurring of the lines between the roles of the faculty, leader, and manager. Also, pay attention to the theme of change, as discussed in Week 6.

Needed: Leadership training for faculty and academic staff
Cano, A., & Whitefield, K.E. (2019, November 22). Needed: Leadership training for faculty and academic staff. Inside Higher Education.
This article makes the argument for why universities and colleges should devote time to cultivating leadership skills from within their ranks. The authors also provide some formal and informal mechanisms for how you can develop leadership skills.

What do we really mean by good leadership?
Karp, T. (2020). What do we really mean by good leadership? The Journal of Values-Based Leadership, 13(1), 16-30.
This author discusses values in the context of leadership and how various organizational obstacles impede leadership. He explains what traits make ethical leaders and how we should accept "good enough" leadership. Recall ethics and values were topics in some of the change leadership chapters from Buller in Week 6.

Torres, R. (2013). Roselinde Torres: What it takes to be a good leader? [Video file]. TED Conferences.

This speaker discusses the failures of current leadership development training and programs within companies and how so many leaders are underprepared. She advances two themes presented in this course: leading in a rapidly changing world and diversity in the context of our networks. (9:08 Minutes).