Full Description
This edited collection is the first book to address the topic of how leaders work with teams to manage and transform community colleges. There is a need to develop better leadership teams in order to administer community colleges effectively and to improve these organizations, whether it be an individual campus, multi-college system or state-wide organization. Edited by two long-time leaders in the field, the book includes contributions from many other experienced leaders and scholars of community colleges.
Contents
Foreword—Eloy Ortiz Oakley Preface—George R. Boggs and Christine Johnson McPhail Acknowledgments 1. Leader and Team Expectations—George R. Boggs 2. Gender Differences in Team Leadership—Pamela L. Eddy, Catherine Hartman, and Eric Liu 3. How a New Leader Can Assess an Existing Leadership Team—Eugene Giovannini 4. Developing Midlevel Leadership Teams—Kimberly Beatty 5. Team Leadership in Workforce Development Practice—Jim Jacobs 6. Team Building Through Collaborative Leadership and Strategic Planning—Irving Pressley McPhail 7. Leadership Team Development and Succession Planning in Times of Crisis—Russell Lowery-Hart 8. Team Leadership in the Urban Community College—Curtis L. Ivery and Gunder A. Myron 9. Multicollege Leadership Teams—Shouan Pan 10. Creating and Maintaining the Chief Executive Officer and Governing Board Team—Bill McGinnis, Samia Yaqub, and George R. Boggs 11. Leadership Teams and Institutional Transformation—Christine Johnson McPhail 12. In Conclusion. The Why and How of Team Leadership—Christine Johnson McPhail and George R. Boggs Editors and Contributors Index
