Each member of your faculty has a particular love and interest within the discipline. Recognize and embrace that diversity. Organizational membership and participation is integral to the process of maintaining currency and attendance at Regional and localized meetings should strongly encouraged. Infighting can kill the effectiveness of a Department. While the procedures and processes of providing reward or success are not all within your control, reminding and informing your faculty of the working mechanisms of the system is essential to the success of your Department and your faculty.
Survival is essential.
With survival assured, prospering and leading are equally important. If not, look critically and carefully at your problems and take bold actions to get back on track. Meaningful faculty evaluation is critical. Students are not fools and recognize quality instruction when it is presented to them. They also recognize boredom and indifference within faculty.