Leading from the middle
Subtitle: a case-study approach to academic leadership for associate deans
By: Tammy Stone and Mary Coussons-Read
Contributors: Coussons-Read, Mary Elizabeth; American Council on Education
Series: Series on higher education
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781442204645; 9781442204669
Subjects: Deans (Education); Case studies; Administration; Universities and colleges
Notes: "Published in partnership with the American Council on Education."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Academic leadership for associate deans: a case study approach and this book as a toolkit; title: Are you ready to visit the dark side: becoming an associate dean; title: Stepping up to leadership with your head and your heart; title: Working with the realities of your dean's leadership and management style; title: Changing behavior in an atmosphere of no accountability; title: Something old, something new: working with department chairs and the faculty as an associate dean; title: Communicating effectively: say what you mean and mean what you say; title: Dealing with conflict between and within units; title: Trouble in paradise: dealing with departmental dysfunction acting as a caretaker of a stable unit; title: The inmates are running the asylum: getting hostile and unproductive faculty and staff on board; title: I know your parents think you are brilliant but you still have to follow the rules: working with students in an atmosphere of entitlement; title: Call me when the fire trucks have left: defining and responding to crisis; title: Meet and greet: making connections outside your school; title: Adapting to change while keeping your sense of humor; title: Burning from both ends: drawing boundaries and defending balance; title: Moving on: life after being an associate dean; title: Lessons learned: distillation of principles of leading from the middle.