Leadership Principles for Faculty, Staff & Administrators

Leadership has been seen by many as something one can only learn from experience (the “school of hard-knocks”). New studies and theories demonstrate that it is considerably more complex. Regardless of which faculty or administrative position you assume, one can learn to be a better leader. Those who seek to provide academic leadership could benefit from looking at leadership from at least three perspectives; managing and preserving, relating and group development, and strategic change. The figure below, the leadership responsibilities list that follows, and the resource lists for faculty and administrators serve as a map of the critical issues that you are likely to face in academic leadership.