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 Sort ascending Publication Date Status Tags
The Two-Body Problem: Dual-Career-Couple Hiring Practices in Higher Education

Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Susan B. Twombly, and Suzanne Rice

2003 Available Family
Quality Management for Projects & Programs

Lewis R. Ireland

1991 Available Project Management
Preparing for Tough Conversations: How to Set the Stage for Major Change on Your Campus

Lee Gardner

2019 Available Communication, Crisis Management
Reframing Academic Leadership

Lee G. Bolman and Joan v. Gallos

2011 Available Leadership, Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Conflict
Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education: A Guide for Academic Leaders

Laura Koppes Bryan

2015 Available Leadership, Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Work/Life Balance
Assessing Faculty Work: Enhancing Individual and Institutional Performance

Larry A. Braskamp and John C. Ory

1994 Available Evaluation, Teaching, Research, Community Engagement
Rituals for Virtual Meetings: Creative Ways to Engage People and Strengthen Relationships

Kürşat Ȫzenç Ph.D. and Glenn Fajardo

2021 Available Meetings, Teams
How to Launch a Team: Start Right for Success

Kim Kanaga and Sonya Prestridge

2002 Available Teams, Ideas into Action
How to Form a Team: Five Keys to High Performance

Kim Kanaga and Michael E. Kossler

2001 Available Teams, Ideas into Action
Maintaining Team Performance

Kim Kanaga and Henry Browning

2003 Available Teams, Management, Ideas into Action
Deconstructing Privilege: Teaching and Learning as Allies in the Classroom

Kim A. Case (ed.)

2013 Available Bias, Teaching, Race, Gender, LGBTQIA
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

2008 Available Change
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
Responses to Change: Helping People Manage Transition

Kerry A. Bunker

2008 Available Change, Ideas into Action
Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life

Ken Robinson

2013 Available Strengths, Change
Social Identity: Knowing Yourself, Leading Others

Kelly M. Hannum

2007 Available Social Identity, Ideas into Action
Tracking Your Development

Kelly M. Hannum and Emily Hoole

2009 Available Change, Ideas into Action
Turn the Tide: Rise Above Toxic, Difficult Situations in the Workplace

Kathy Obear, Ed. D.

2016 Available Conflict, Teams
Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

2019 Available Innovation, Communication
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

Kate Fagan

2017 Available Self-Care, Parenting