{"product_id":"coaching-skills-for-academic-leaders-bringing-out-the-best-in-yourself-and-others-9781642671414","title":"Coaching Skills for Academic Leaders: Bringing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first practical guide for leaders who want to coach faculty around passion and vision and how those intersect with institutional vision.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by an experienced seminar leader and coach who has worked with faculty and academic leaders for over twenty years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraws on change research from neuroscience, faculty development, and coaching to explore the skills needed for collaborative conversations that support faculty engagement, productivity and satisfaction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes exercises for self-coaching, social-intelligence skills development, and group study. Many of the exercises are based on games drawn from Improv theater known to quickly develop the ability to listen to and respond to others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders will learn an organized structure of three coaching steps, assessment, setting and agenda, and keeping success going, that is logical and easy to follow for coach and client thus lowering stress and increasing satisfaction for both leader and coachee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlthough scholarly, this book is easy to read with short lessons on the different coaching skills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most effective higher education leaders don't just lead from the top down; they listen to, learn from, and empower the people they work with. In short, they \u003ci\u003ecoach\u003c\/i\u003e. But who will coach the coaches? Experienced department chair and faculty development coach Susan Robison has stepped up to the plate with this energetic, empathetic, and eminently useful book, a research-grounded guide for anyone who aspires to lead from the heart as well as with the mind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Sword\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFormer Director of the Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education at the University of Auckland, Founder and Director of WriteSpace Ltd., USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Having so enjoyed – and learned from – the workshop progenitor of this book, I’m delighted that Susan’s model for coaching faculty is now available in this accessible reference. \u003ci\u003eCoaching Skills for Academic Leaders\u003c\/i\u003e will help higher education leaders of all stripes improve the health of their organizations through serving people well – by enacting compassion, listening deeply, asking powerful questions, and helping people reveal visions of a positive future.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElla L. Ingram\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAssociate Dean for Professional Development at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you have ever been in a position of leadership in higher education, you have probably experienced the stress and emotional disruption of interpersonal conflict that can result in discouragement and even demoralization. Susan Robison’s \u003ci\u003eCoaching Skills for Academic Leaders\u003c\/i\u003e will show you a better way to lead. This positive, practical look at effective academic leadership grew out of Dr. Robison’s 20 years as a coaching practitioner and outlines a simple-to-learn model for creating a visionary educational culture with colleagues. Whether you are brand new to leadership or looking to foster better relationships in your work as a leader of many years, this book will help you build confidence in your ability to assess needs and set agendas for personal and faculty success.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHillary Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCareer Coach to Academics in Higher Education, Co-author of \u003c\/i\u003eScaling the Ivory Tower: Your Academic Job Search Workbook\u003ci\u003e, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As a brand-new department chair, I attended a leadership conference for deans and chairs where Susan Robison offered a wonderful workshop on coaching. I have put her suggestions into practice and have found them to be a necessary addition to my leadership toolkit as I embark on coaching faculty. I am pleased - and grateful - that her workshop \u003ci\u003eCoaching Skills for Academic Leaders\u003c\/i\u003e has been published in book form so I, and others, can benefit from the skills and practices she embodies. She is dynamic, down to earth, and passionate about helping academic leaders thrive in the world of higher education. Her natural empathy and ability to break things down into small sustainable actions makes this book easy to read and adopt into practice for everyone trying to lead from the heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Demers\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAssociate Professor and Chair of Health Sciences at University of Central Arkansas, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 2. Empowering Heart – Part 1 3. Empowering Heart – Part 2 4. Assessing Motivation 5. Setting an Agenda 6. Keeping Success on Track 7. Stages of Change 8. 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