Leadership Library

This Leadership Library is offered as a resource to current and aspiring faculty leaders. It includes materials that have been collected through people’s recommendations, past campus speakers and programs, and relevant scholarship from faculty colleagues at KU. The library has not been further curated by the Office of Faculty Affairs, and no endorsement should be assumed by the inclusion (or absence) of particular materials. We hope the Leadership Library will be a resource that stimulates personal growth and thought-provoking engagement with varied perspectives. We also welcome additional recommendations at facultyaffairs@ku.edu.

Title Author Publication Date Status Sort descending Tags
The Chronicle Productivity Guide to Writing & Publishing

The Chronicle of Higher Education

2018 Available Time Management
Selling Yourself Without Selling Out: A Leader's Guide to Ethical Self-Promotion

Gina Hernez-Broome, Cindy McLaughlin, and Stephanie Trovas

2006 Available Evaluation, Ideas into Action
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

2016 Available Change
Becoming a More Versatile Learner

Maxine A. Dalton

1998 Available Ideas into Action
Leadership Wisdom: Discovering the Lessons of Experience

Rola Ruohong Wei and Jeffrey Yip

2008 Available Leadership, Ideas into Action
Creating a Vision

Corey Criswell and Talula Cartwright

2010 Available Leadership, Ideas into Action
Academic Leadership: A Practical Guide to Chairing the Department

Deryl R. Leaming

1998 Available Department Chairs, Leadership, Evaluation, Change, Disability
The Power of Trust: How Top Companies Build, Manage, and Protect It

Natalie Doyle Oldfield

2017 Available Trust
HBR's 10 Must Reads: On Strategic Marketing

Harvard Business Review

2013 Available
The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable

Patrick Lencioni

2008 Available Family, Leadership
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Ron Suskind

1998 Available Race
20 Minute Manager: Creating Business Plans

Harvard Business Review

2014 Available Management
Managing Leadership Stress

Vidula Bal, Michael Campbell, and Sharon McDowell-Larsen

2008 Available Leadership, Self-Care, Family, Work/Life Balance, Ideas into Action
Learning to Lead: A Handbook for Postsecondary Administrators

James R. Davis

2003 Available Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Leadership
Feedback That Works for Nonprofit Organizations

Shera Clark

2013 Available Feedback, Ideas into Action
Influence: Gaining Commitment, Getting Results

Harold Scharlatt and Roland Smith

2011 Available Leadership, Ideas into Action
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

Marcus Buckingham

2007 Available Strengths
Tracking Your Development

Kelly M. Hannum and Emily Hoole

2009 Available Change, Ideas into Action
Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty

Committee on Gender Differences in Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty

2010 Available Gender, Pre-Tenure, Tenure-Track, Mid-Career
When No One Answers the Call

Jane S. Halonen and Dana S. Dunn

2017 Available Department Chairs