Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed
Mergers, Closures, and Other Major Institutional Restructuring
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Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed
Mergers, Closures, and Other Major Institutional Restructuring
About this book
A guide on how to strategically lead institutions of higher education through mergers and other major institutional restructurings.
Higher education is at a crossroads. With demographic shifts, financial constraints, shrinking enrollments, and the demand for institutional innovation, universities and colleges are grappling with monumental challenges. In Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed, Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, and Richard Katzman offer invaluable insights into how institutional leaders can successfully navigate mergers, closures, and other large-scale transformations.
The authors explore the critical components of successfully leading institutional restructuring—such as pacing change, managing resistance, and harnessing the power of early adopters—while also recognizing the obstacles leaders face. Using vivid examples from real mergers in higher education, this book demonstrates how and why versatile leadership is essential as colleges and universities face an increasingly uncertain future. Whether managing a complex merger, preparing for potential closure, or undertaking other major institutional restructuring, leaders must be willing to embrace difficult decisions and act decisively before institutional decline becomes irreversible.
Drawing on decades of leadership experience and research, this book provides actionable strategies for higher education leaders to take charge of change, rather than be swept away by it. Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed is an essential guide for college and university presidents and chancellors, trustees, policymakers, and other executives and stakeholders who seek to lead and guide institutions of higher education through turbulent times.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Why Big Scary Change Leadership?
- 1. Leading Major Institutional Restructuring in Higher Ed
- 2. Why Major Change Is Needed
- 3. A Different Kind of Leadership
- Part II How to Lead Big Scary Change: Seven Critical Competencies
- 4. Competency 1: Comfort Managing Significant Change, Uncertainty, and Risk
- 5. Competency 2: All-Inclusive Operational Envisioning
- 6. Competency 3: Sensing and Driving the Pace of Change
- 7. Competency 4: Prioritizing and Driving Communication
- 8. Competency 5: Building Change-Oriented Teams
- 9. Competency 6: Leading from the Front and Engaging Directly
- 10. Competency 7: Courage
- Part III Achieving Big Scary Change Leadership
- 11. Facing Resistance and Opposition
- 12. Athletics
- 13. Other Common Challenges
- 14. Supporting Leaders Through Big Scary Change
- 15. Can Leading Big Scary Change Be Learned?
- 16. Is Big Scary Change Worth It?
- References
- Index