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Presidencies Derailed Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

Presidencies Derailed By Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

Presidencies Derailed by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

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Grady Bogue, organize, classify, and explain patterns of leadership failures, drawing on firsthand testimonies from deraileduniversity presidents, sixteen case studies in four sectors of higher education, and reviews of the scholarly literature on leadership failures in the public and private sectors.

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Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

Presidencies Derailed is the first book to explore in depth why university presidencies fail and how university and college leadership can forestall, if not prevent, future leadership failures. Former university president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, along with professor Gerald B. Kauvar and former chancellor E. Grady Bogue, organize, classify, and explain patterns of leadership failures, drawing on firsthand testimonies from derailed university presidents, sixteen case studies in four sectors of higher education, and reviews of the scholarly literature on leadership failures in the public and private sectors.

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This book should be read by presidential search committees and purchased by vice presidents worried about their president's success. New England Journal of Higher Education Individuals concerned for the welfare of their institution should have an awareness of change in leadership and its consequences for the university. Presidencies Derailed is a good resource for those serving on search committees, aspiring presidents, and others interested in leadership transitions. This book certainly offered an overview of many timely, practical examples of derailed presidents. Review of Higher Education A book with relevance far beyond academe. Harvard Business Review The authors provide a thoroughly researched account of career fiascos. -- Sara Michael Johns Hopkins University Gazette Every derailed presidency has its own story. The risk of failure is high. Washington Post This is one of the best professional books I have ever read. -- John Boswell johnboswellblog.com

About Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was a long-serving president of George Washington University and the former president of the University of Hartford. He is the author of Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education, Reflections on Higher Education, and Speaking His Mind: Five Years of Commentary on Higher Education. Gerald B. Kauvar is a research professor of public policy and public administration and the special assistant to the president emeritus at George Washington University. E. Grady Bogue (1935-2013) was the chancellor of Louisiana State University in Shreveport and the coauthor of Quality and Accountability in Higher Education: Improving Policy, Enhancing Performance

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Themes of Presidential Derailment
Part I: Presidents Off-Track
Chapter 2. Presidential Derailments at Private Liberal Arts Institutions
Chapter 3. Presidential Derailments at Public Master's Level Institutions
Chapter 4. Presidential Derailments at Public Research Universities
Chapter 5. Presidential Derailments at Community Colleges
Chapter 6. Firsthand Experiences of Derailed Presidents
Part II: Averting the Train Wreck
Chapter 7. The Upstream Solution: More Thoughtful Academic Searches
Chapter 8. Board Dynamics: A Piece of the Presidential Derailment Puzzle
Chapter 9. Lessons Learned about Presidential Derailments
Appendix: A Year of Presidential Turnover
Bibliography
Contributors
Index

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NLS9781421419879
9781421419879
1421419874
Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
New
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
2016-07-27
184
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