As a new department chair, you face many challenges?chief among them that you likely received little or no formal training in academic leadership. You may feel that you face these challenges alone, but in fact a wealth of information and time-tested techniques have been collected over the years from experienced academic administrators. For the first time, this booklet brings together some of the best guidance and strategies that have appeared in The Department Chair, resulting in a collection that is highly relevant to a new chair?s work. The advice contained in these pages can help you build the skills necessary to successfully lead your department. This booklet is full of practical advice that can be put to use immediately, and each article is concisely written so you won?t have to spend valuable time searching for a solution or technique. Whether you?re looking for information on how to work more effectively with your dean, how to better manage your time, how to conduct successful department meetings, or how to best facilitate change, this booklet will help?it covers all these topics and more, from the basics to the specifics. This booklet is structured to provide guidance in four critical areas: chair as leader, getting started, managing conflict, and helping faculty and students thrive. The articles were selected to provide you with timely, comprehensive information. They detail effective practice and represent the best, most innovative thinking on topics and situations you will regularly encounter. This essential resource will become your personal guide as you navigate the responsibilities of your new role as department chair.

As a new department chair, you face many challenges?chief amongthem that you likely received little or no formal training inacademic leadership. You may feel that you face these challengesalone, but in fact a wealth of information and time-testedtechniques have been collected over the years from experiencedacademic administrators.For the first time, this booklet brings together some of thebest guidance and strategies that have appeared in TheDepartment Chair, resulting in a collection that is highlyrelevant to a new chair?s work. The advice contained in these pagescan help you build the skills necessary to successfully lead yourdepartment. This booklet is full of practical advice that can beput to use immediately, and each article is concisely written soyou won?t have to spend valuable time searching for a solution ortechnique.Whether you?re looking for information on how to work moreeffectively with your dean, how to better manage your time, how toconduct successful department meetings, or how to best facilitatechange, this booklet will help?it covers all these topics and morefrom the basics to the specifics.This booklet is structured to provide guidance in four criticalareas: chair as leader, getting started, managing conflict, andhelping faculty and students thrive. The articles were selected toprovide you with timely, comprehensive information. They detaileffective practice and represent the best, most innovative thinkingon topics and situations you will regularly encounter. Thisessential resource will become your personal guide as you navigatethe responsibilities of your new role as department chair.

Introduction 1Chair as LeaderLearning to Lead 2by Anne V. MassaroThe Essentials of Chairing Academic Departments 8by N. Douglas Lees, David J. Malik, and Guatam VemuriWhen Leadership Precedes Tenure: Advice for Untenured Chairs14by Jeffrey L. BullerLeading Departmental Change: Techniques for Positive Impact19by Joseph P. LinskeyCoexisting with a Former Chair 25by Jeffrey L. BullerWorking Effectively with the Dean 30by David J. Malik and N. Douglas LeesGetting StartedTime Management for More Effective Results 36by George CrandellManaging Tight Budgets 41by Mary Lou Higgerson and Barry McCauliffConducting a Department Meeting: The Facilitator Chair 45by Christopher O. LynchThe Top Ten Things a Dean Wishes Chairs Would Remember 49by William RichardsonManaging ConflictThe Chair's Role in Resolving Departmental Conflict 55by David MatzStrategies for Managing Difficult Personalities 62by Harry PetersenLegal Issues in Dealing with Challenging Colleagues 66by Barbara A. LeeMediating in the Academic Bully Culture: The Chair'sResponsibility to Faculty and Graduate Students 71by Barbara M. De Luca and Darla J. TwaleHelping Faculty and Students ThriveBuilding Faculty Resilience: The Key to Successful Change in theAcademic Department 78by Cynthia Schubert-Irastorza and Suzanne EvansCreating Time and Space for Faculty Reflection, Risk-Taking, andRenewal 83by Deborah Chang Lechuga and Roger G. BaldwinMending a Fractured Department: Strategies for New Chairs89by Randall McClureAdministrator as Interposer: Helicopter Parents Versus AllegedMalevolent Professors 95by H. W. ElmoreStudent Recruitment and Retention and Faculty ProfessionalDevelopment 100by Katherine Frank, Maureen Murphy, WilliamWithers, and Winnie Yu