Strengthening Departmental Leadership: A Team-Building Guide for Chairs in Colleges and Universities

"A first-rate book, well worth reading....Ann Lucas has taken yearsof research and reflection and distilled them into an easilyunderstood, useful volume designed to help department chairsdevelop their leadership skills." --William E. Cashin, director,Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas StateUniversity

"No else in the field has a background like Ann Lucas' (includingclinical psychology and organizational development), and no elseoffers such knowledgeable guidance for chairs as motivators andmentors, as jugglers of difficult and unexpected situations, asaction researchers who determine and document their owneffectiveness. Highly recommAnded!" --Robert Boice, professor ofpyschology, SUNY, Stony Brook