Leading for Tomorrow A Primer for Succeeding in

Leading for Tomorrow: A Primer for Succeeding in Higher Education Leadership Pamela L. Eddy William & Mary

The Backstory It all started in Ireland…

Leadership and Learning on the Fly • Disciplinary expertise • Leadership by observation • …. we actually know something about leadership theory.

Courageous Leadership • • • Change theory Collaboration Risk-taking Accountability Trust

Communication & Conflict

If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. - Maya Angelou

Strategic Thinking • Planning---and implementation – Strategic thinking – Scenario building • Environmental scanning • Data informed decision making

Shared Leadership • • • Greater numbers of people involved Leaders & followers are interchangeable Leadership not based on position/authority Multiple perspectives help innovate Collaboration and interactions across the institution are emphasized (Kezar & Holcombe, 2017)

Student Success • • Planning for Student Success Building an equity culture Academic leadership Student engagement

Equity-minded individuals are more cognizant that exclusionary practices, institutionalized racism, and power asymmetries have a negative impact on opportunities and outcomes… Estella Benisimon (2006)

Networked Leadership

Trends • Student demographics • Technology • Alternative credentialing Leadership • • Futurists Strategists Integrators Culture of Innovation

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