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	Tags
Communication Skills for Department Chairs	Mary Lou Higgerson	1996	Available	Leadership, Department Chairs, Communication
Communication Strategies for Managing Conflict: A Guide for Academic Leaders	Mary Lou Higgerson	2016	Available	Department Chairs, Communication, Conflict, Associate Deans, Deans, Leadership
Confronting Equity and Inclusion Incidents on Campus: Lessons Learned and Emerging Practices	Hannah Oliha-Donaldson (ed.)	2021	Available	Equity, Diversity, Conflict, Race, Gender
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work	Edwidge Danticat	2010	Available
Creating a Vision	Corey Criswell and Talula Cartwright	2010	Available	Leadership, Ideas into Action
Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire	Bruce Nussbaum	2013	Available	Communication
Critical Reflections: How Groups Can Learn from Success and Failure	Chris Ernst and André Martin	2006	Available	Distress, Perseverance, Ideas into Action
Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior	Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler	2013	Available	Communication, Conflict
Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders	Randall B. Lindsey, Kikanza Nuri Robins, and Raymond D. Terrell	1999	Available	Race, Diversity, Whiteness, Bias, Microaggressions
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.	Brené Brown PhD, MSW	2018	Available	Leadership, Communication, Emotional Intelligence
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management	Peter Rob and Carlos Coronel	2009	Available
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable	Patrick Lencioni	2004	Available	Meetings
Deconstructing Privilege: Teaching and Learning as Allies in the Classroom	Kim A. Case (ed.)	2013	Available	Bias, Teaching, Race, Gender, LGBTQIA
Delegating Effectively: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done	Clemson Turregano	2013	Available	Time Management, Ideas into Action
Department Chair Leadership Skills	Walter H. Gmelch and Val D. Miskin	2011	Available	Leadership, Department Chairs
Departments that Work: Building and Sustaining Cultures of Excellence in Academic Programs	Jon F. Wergin	2003	Available	Leadership, Department Chairs, Evaluation, Employee Engagement
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life	Bill Burnett and Dave Evans	2016	Available	Change
Destructive Organizational Communication: Processes, Consequences, & Constructive Ways of Organizing	Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik and Beverly Davenport Sypher (eds.)	2009	Available	Communication, Conflict, Microaggressions, Distress, Teams
Developing Cultural Adaptability: How to Work Across Differences	Jennifer J. Deal and Don W. Prince	2003	Available	Diversity, Communication, Ideas into Action
Developing Faculty Mentoring Programs: A Comprehensive Handbook	David Kiel	2019	Available	Mentoring