Change Leadership in Higher Education: A Practical Guide to Academic Transformation

Praise for Change Leadership in HIGHER EDUCATION

"Jeff Buller′s Change Leadership in Higher Education is solid testimony to the truth that leadership is everyone′s business. With well–reasoned arguments and plenty of relevant examples, Buller challenges the assumptions of traditional strategic planning and makes the compelling case for a more organic approach based on the unique needs of academic institutions. It′s an intelligent, insightful, and practical work that offers leaders a more promising and culturally relevant process for transforming institutions of higher education."
Jim Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and the Dean′s Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

"Buller does a great job of highlighting the desperate need for a new approach to leadership and management in the higher education community, and nails it by zeroing in on culture as the leverage point for innovation. We are heading into a new era, and the schools that heed Buller′s advice will be leading, not following."
Jamie Notter, partner, Culture That Works LLC and coauthor of Humanize: How People–Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World

"Impactful leadership is rarely about knowing all the right answers or second–guessing the future; rather, academic leaders who leave a legacy tend to ask powerful questions, engage colleagues, and, over the long term, change institutional cultures. This volume brings fresh insights that will inform and inspire all of us who care about the future and have a professional obligation and moral responsibility to make the academic enterprise stronger and better."
Stanley O. Ikenberry, former president of the University of Illinois and the American Council on Education

About the Author ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 The Only Thing We Have to Change Is Change Itself 1

Chapter 2 Reframing Change 29

Chapter 3 Determining the Need for Change 55

Chapter 4 From Change Management to Change Leadership 81

Chapter 5 Why Strategic Planning Doesn t Work 103

Chapter 6 Creating a Culture of Innovation 131

Chapter 7 Leading Reactive Change 155

Chapter 8 Leading Proactive Change 175

Chapter 9 Leading Interactive Change 195

Chapter 10 Organic Academic Leadership 217

Index 243

JEFFREY L. BULLER is dean of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University and senior partner in ATLAS (Academic Training, Leadership, and Assessment Services). He is the author of Academic Leadership Day by Day, The Essential Academic Dean, The Essential Department Chair, The Essential College Professor, Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation, and Positive Academic Leadership, all from Jossey–Bass.