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Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421419879
SKU
V9781421419879
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99-27
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
Reviews for Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It
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
In emphasizing the importance of presidential searches, and describing how some fail while others succeed, Presidencies Derailed makes an essential observation that is about neither success nor failure.
Canadian Journal of Higher Education
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
In emphasizing the importance of presidential searches, and describing how some fail while others succeed, Presidencies Derailed makes an essential observation that is about neither success nor failure.
Canadian Journal of Higher Education