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Leadership in Higher Education: Practices That Make A Difference
The authors of the classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge bring their expertise to higher education, offering five practices that can make any college or university leader into an exemplary leader.
Drawing on the same pioneering research that formed the foundation of their classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge (over 2.7 million copies sold), James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a set of leadership skills and practices that will make a significant difference in every area of higher education—faculty, administration, library services, career counseling, auxiliary services, campus safety, and more. It's about the behaviors that leaders, regardless of their position, use to transform values into actions, visions into realities, obstacles into innovations, segments into solidarity, and risks into rewards.
Kouzes and Posner tell the leadership story from the inside and move outward, describing it first as a personal journey and then as mobilizing others to want to do things they have never done before. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership is the operating system for this adventure. Leadership in Higher Education explains the fundamental principles that support these practices and provides case examples of people in higher education who demonstrate each one.
A core theme that weaves its way through all the chapters is that, whether it's one to one or one to many, leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. We need leaders who can unite us and ignite us. This book lights the way.
Drawing on the same pioneering research that formed the foundation of their classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge (over 2.7 million copies sold), James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a set of leadership skills and practices that will make a significant difference in every area of higher education—faculty, administration, library services, career counseling, auxiliary services, campus safety, and more. It's about the behaviors that leaders, regardless of their position, use to transform values into actions, visions into realities, obstacles into innovations, segments into solidarity, and risks into rewards.
Kouzes and Posner tell the leadership story from the inside and move outward, describing it first as a personal journey and then as mobilizing others to want to do things they have never done before. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership is the operating system for this adventure. Leadership in Higher Education explains the fundamental principles that support these practices and provides case examples of people in higher education who demonstrate each one.
A core theme that weaves its way through all the chapters is that, whether it's one to one or one to many, leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. We need leaders who can unite us and ignite us. This book lights the way.
280 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2019
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June 16, 2025
I would say more like 4.5⭐️
One of the first reads for graduate school. Lots of great points about setting the foundation of leadership and how to be a leader. Appreciated the dialogue and case studies we applied with this reading. Definitely a reminder on how to apply the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. One that has shaped the individual I am is the principle “Encourage the Heart”.
Looking forward to the growth I experience during this graduate program and how this foundational starting point will continue to show up in my everyday, at work, and through other courses over the next year.
One of the first reads for graduate school. Lots of great points about setting the foundation of leadership and how to be a leader. Appreciated the dialogue and case studies we applied with this reading. Definitely a reminder on how to apply the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. One that has shaped the individual I am is the principle “Encourage the Heart”.
Looking forward to the growth I experience during this graduate program and how this foundational starting point will continue to show up in my everyday, at work, and through other courses over the next year.
November 10, 2020
The authors identify five criteria for good leaders: modeling good behavior (walking the talk), inspiring a shared vision, challenge the status quo, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. They identified these through many academic studies and interviews.
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August 20, 2023
Good book for new leaders in Higher Ed. While none of the lessons were new, we can all use a refresher from time to time.
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