Chapter 1 Introduction: Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 2 The Way It Is: Ferreting Out Root Stresses and Plotting New Tactics Chapter 3 Change: Stifling Bedlam and Taming Turbulence Chapter 4 Faculty: Confronting Creeps and Cliques Chapter 5 Resources: Stepping Up to Cut Backs Chapter 6 Bosses: Winning over the Higher-ups Chapter 7 The Way It's 'Spozed' To Be: Leadership in Action Chapter 8 Conclusion: Practice and Perseverance
Susan Stavert Roper served in the roles of both dean and department chair for 19 years in California and Oregon. She taught in an annual leadership academy for new deans across the country, served as chair of her state's association of education deans, and organized a network of chairs and deans to support educational reform K-16. Terrence Deal is the author of more than 30 books on leadership including, Reframing Organizations (2003). He has served on the faculty of Stanford, Harvard, Vanderbilt and the University of Southern California and is an international consultant to educational, business, health-care and religious organizations.
During this economic period when colleges and universities have to
do more with less, this timely book presents a multiple frame lens
to assist chairs and deans in providing leadership that minimizes
conflict and promotes solutions. Through the use of scenarios that
are thoughtful, practical, and often humorous, the authors
illustrate a broad range of possible strategies for analyzing
complex problems in ways likely to be valued and respected by
faculty. This highly readable book is a solid contribution to the
field.
*Ann S. Bayer, professor, Department of Educational Psychology,
College of Education, University of Hawaii*
Peak Performance is essential reading for college and university
deans and chairs. Reader-friendly, the stories of failure and
success are well told and provide new insights into solving
seemingly intractible problems in leading faculty and providing
exemplary leadership. This is the book for both aspiring and new
deans (and seasoned and retiring leaders) to read to enable them to
rethink and reenvision their roles and responsibilities. It offers
new ways of doing so in helpful and meaningful ways.
*David Imig, president emeritus AACTE and professor of practice,
College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park*
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