Reading Materials And Other Resources

February 17, 2010

To provide leaders in the academy with resources to assist in a search process, SJG – The Spelman & Johnson Group has researched reading materials and other resources.  Below are our recommendations on those readings and links that we feel provide the most valuable and comprehensive information to leaders in higher education.  

RECOMMENDED READING

Buckingham, Marcus. The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success. Northampton, MA: Free Press, 2005

Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997

Lencioni, Patrick M. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002

Roberto, Michael A.  Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus. Philadelphia: Wharton, 2005

USEFUL LINKS

The Center for Creative Leadership
http://www.ccl.org/leadership

American Council on Education
http://www.acenet.edu

Council of Independent Colleges
http://www.cic.edu

National Association of Executive Recruiters
http://www.naer.org

Association of Executive Search Consultants
http://www.aesc.org

Harvard Graduate School of Education: Programs in Professional Education
The Harvard Seminar for New Presidents
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/programs/higher-education/portfolio/new-presidents.html