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Unmet Expectations Unmet Expectations
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The Yin and Yang of University Presidents The Yin and Yang of University Presidents
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Reaching for the Brass Ring Reaching for the Brass Ring
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Presidential Types to Avoid Presidential Types to Avoid
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Patterns of Unsuccessful Searches Patterns of Unsuccessful Searches
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The Traditional Presidential Search Committee The Traditional Presidential Search Committee
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Why Less Is More Why Less Is More
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What Kind of Advice? What Kind of Advice?
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12 Recruiting Presidential Leadership
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Published:October 2009
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Abstract
Presidential leadership is so crucial to the well-being of colleges and universities that trustees should do everything possible to maximize the chances of picking the right person for the job. Doing so, however, means resisting the academic forces that would advance candidates unsuited to a changing environment, and instead identifying those who have the decisiveness, insight, and strong hand that the job now requires. This is not an easy assignment. Not only may trustees have to work around ingrained campus practices and traditions, but also they must subject candidates to a different and more intense kind of scrutiny than has been the norm. In essence, they have to think deeply about the future needs of their institution and then look beyond a candidate's public demeanor and interviewing skills to assess the qualities that are germane to those needs. Unless trustees can solve the problem of identifying and recruiting leaders who have the right mix of experience and instinct, then they have little hope of positioning their institution for the practical realities of the new century.
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