Coaching Skills for Academic Leaders

<p>This practical, evidence-based guide equips higher education leaders with the coaching skills they need to encourage and support faculty engagement, productivity, and satisfaction.</p><p>Drawing from research in neuroscience, faculty development, and the scholarship of coaching, this book focuses on three essential skill sets: assessment, setting an agenda, and keeping success going. This logical, easy-to-follow process will improve how academic leaders engage with faculty, thus resulting in more productive conversations and desired outcomes. Experienced seminar leader and academic coach Susan Robison imparts step-by-step guidance and provides plentiful exercises on how to listen deeply, ask meaningful questions, and co-create effective plans to set up faculty for success.</p><p>A powerful tool for department chairs, program directors, deans, provosts, and more, this book will become a well-used staple in any college leader’s library.</p>