Presentation Type
Best Practice Presentation (45 minute presentation about a specific best practice)
Abstract
To ensure the stability of the department, department chairs should prioritize the identification and formation of potential successors. For this interactive session, a model and related strategies, supported by real examples, will be discussed for developing, empowering, and encouraging faculty to become ready to assume the role of department chair.
Keywords
Leadership Development, Faculty, Mentoring, Succession, Department Culture
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Benedetti, Christopher (2017). "Promoting Chair Succession through Development, Empowerment, and Encouragement," Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. https://newprairiepress.org/accp/2017/Colleagues/7
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Educational Leadership Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Leadership Studies Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Organization Development Commons
Promoting Chair Succession through Development, Empowerment, and Encouragement
To ensure the stability of the department, department chairs should prioritize the identification and formation of potential successors. For this interactive session, a model and related strategies, supported by real examples, will be discussed for developing, empowering, and encouraging faculty to become ready to assume the role of department chair.
