News in 2021
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New Book: Leadership Transitions in Universities
Arriving, Surviving and Thriving at the Top
Written by: Tom Kennie and Robin Middlehurst
July 2021
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Tom Kennie, director or
Ranmore
is an Honorary Member of FIG. He served as a vice president
during the term 1999-2002. He has kept contact with FIG and has
during the later years been involved assisting FIG Council in
the strategy 2028 process.
FIG Office has received this book that is written by Tom
Kennie together with Robin Middlehurst, emiritus professor of
higher education at Kingston University London.
The book combines expert knowledge, experience and
reflections from senior leaders to distil collective leadership
experiences. It explores the realities of leadership at universities
rather than the imagined and often unrealistic expectations and
perceptions of how leaders should act. This key text is an
informed insider's guide to leadership transition that will
assist tallented individuals in considering whether to apply
for, how to prepare for and how to take on the task of leading a
university.
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Apart from being a collection of leadership experiences to help
universitites to be more successful, students to have great educational
experiences and staff at all levels to have more fulfilling working
environments, the book also considers how to avoid the emotional pain
and suffering that can arise when leaders find themselves poorly
equipped, unprepared, unable or unwilling to provide the sound and
competent leadership that universities deserve.
Although the focus is on Universities, and the challenges leaders at
the universities face, there are many common and thoughtful learnings in
the book also for non-university people. Further to this, the book is
spiced up with citations and examples that makes the book lively to read
and the thoughts and ideas easy to follow.
Inspired?
Get more information at:
www.leadershiptransitionsatthetop.com
Louise Friis-Hansen
20 July 2021
