As the head of a department, you have several leaders within the department of highly variable skills. Also, you have some young and enthusiastic faculty members who are clearly ambitious and are likely leaders of the future. How do you make your current leaders more effective and how should you make the next generation of … Continue reading Leadership Development
As head of a department you inherit a regular departmental meeting. You review minutes of past meetings and find packed agendas of items largely for information. You chair your first meeting to find less than 10% of the department attends. The presenters on the agenda do all the talking, and after 15 minutes, even you … Continue reading Running a Meeting
Several leadership vacancies will be available soon that are key to your success in effecting change. Several members are lobbying you for themselves, or others, to fill the roles. Several of the groups need major overhauls, but not all members of the group see the need for change. Should you just appoint people to the … Continue reading Recruiting New Leaders
In your department, there are leaders who report to you. Many have been leaders for a long time. Several of the groups are restless for change and others have longstanding disagreements among members. How do you gain an understanding of how well the leaders and/or groups are functioning? This post deals with how to evaluate … Continue reading Reviewing Leaders
You have developed a shared agenda for change and the department seems enthusiastic about effecting real improvement. However, there appears to be an overwhelming amount of work for you alone and you are worried if you try to lead everything, everyone will find fault in some aspect of every effort. How do you distribute the … Continue reading Teams & Task Forces
As you plan for your agenda for change, you begin to wonder about the current organizational structure in your department. Several key roles within the department have been created specifically to meet the skill mix of the incumbents and to basically find a place for them. If your agenda for change is to be successful, … Continue reading Organizational Structure & Committees
