Academic Leadership

Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well.

Bloomsbury presents Ambitious Mother by Anne Welsh, read by Jennifer Woodward. Women are told, “You can have it all.” You can be an incredible mom and have an incredible career at the same time. But nobody explains how to actually pull this off--until now. In Ambitious Mother, Dr. Anne...

Richard Branson, at his brilliant and motivating best, reveals how with his exciting new vision for the future. It is time to turn capitalism upside down - to shift our values, to switch from a profit focus to caring for people, communities and the planet. With inspiration for everyone, Screw Business As Usual shows how easy it is for both businesses and individuals to embark on a whole new way of doing things, solving major problems and turning our work into something we both love and are proud of.

In his trademark charismatic and honest style, Richard Branson shares the inside track on some of his greatest achievements over 40 years in business as well as the lessons he has learned from his setbacks. In Business Stripped Bare he discusses why he took on one of the world's biggest superbrands, how he built Virgin Mobile USA into the fastest growing company in history, and how he is the only person to have built seven billion-dollar companies from scratch in seven different sectors.

Discover the habits, tools and strategies that will take you from an ambitious student to a high performer in work and life Feeling overwhelmed about university decisions or career plans? You’re not alone. Anxiety is high, expectations are rising and employers want skills that schools rarely...

Robert Iger se convirtió en CEO de la Walt Disney Company en 2005 durante un momento difícil para la empresa. La moral se había deteriorado, la competencia era intensa y la tecnología estaba cambiando más rápido que en cualquier otro momento de la historia. Su proyecto de futuro se basaba en tres ideas muy claras: renovar el compromiso con la importancia de la calidad, integrar la tecnología en lugar de luchar contra ella y pensar con ambición y con una visión global para convertir a Disney en una marca más fuerte en los mercados internacionales.

Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the outspoken president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and coauthors Philip J. Rous and Peter H. Henderson probe the way senior leaders, administrators, staff, faculty, and students facilitate academic success by cultivating an empowering institutional culture and broad leadership for innovation. They examine how shared leadership enables an empowered campus to tackle tough issues by taking a hard look in the mirror, noting strengths and weaknesses while assessing opportunities and challenges.

Yiannis Gabriel examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our 'post-truth' times: environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authoritarianism and perplexing technological possibilities. It shows how Greek myths continue to...

Two former Walt Disney Imagineering leaders take on a major gap in team leadership: the lack of a reliable method for collaboration that consistently drives success, innovation, and problem-solving. At Disney, Tricia Cerrone and Edward J. Van Luinen were tasked with co-leading a global...

TRUST IS EASY WHEN LIFE IS GOING WELL. THE REAL TEST COMES WHEN EVERYTHING FALLS APART. Ashley Yardley spent her life caring for others as an EMT, hospice nurse, business owner, wife, mother, and advocate. But caring for people didn't protect her from betrayal. When family stole a business she helped build, when government investigators accused her of crimes she didn't commit, and when powerful institutions tried to silence her, Ashley faced a choice: become bitter or become stronger.

In 1998, three Harvard Business School graduates - two men and one woman - turned down six-figure salaries at big corporations, bet on themselves, and launched their own new companies. By their 10-year reunion, their audacity had paid huge dividends. They'd made many millions of dollars, created hundreds of jobs and left their mark on the world. The Intelligent Entrepreneur tells the compelling and instructive story of how these three young founders did it.

Essential Leadership Lessons from the Thin Blue Line is just that—lessons learned the old-fashioned way through trial and error, studying, hard work, and experience while on our nation's front lines to serve and protect. Dean Crisp spent decades leading people where a single misstep could cost a life. Faced with the daily challenges of a police chief, Dean threw himself into learning all he could about effective leadership and applying those lessons in his departments. He shares those hard-won lessons in this book.

Clear, actionable steps for you to build new values, experiences, and perspectives into your organizational culture, infusing it with the diversity, inclusion, and belonging that employees need to feel accepted, be their best selves, and do their best work. Bypass the faulty processes and...

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Bloomsbury presents From Women to the World by , read by Tara Jaffar, Dami Olukoya and Jennifer Kim. An Independent Book of the Month Featured in Vogue Arabia Featured by Vanity Fair Acclaimed writer Elif Shafak writes a letter to Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand after the...

Individuals, teams, and organizations must become more resilient in today’s complex world, and each one will experience failure at some point. Successful individuals, teams, and organizations bounce back. Winning After Losing: Building Resilient Teams offers a collection of lessons on leadership and resilience of winning teams. I am writing this book as a retired US Army three-star general and as the former chief operating officer of a public biotechnology company.

Toutes les leçons de l'homme qui a fait rayonner l'enchantement. Robert Iger a dédié sa carrière à Disney : en quarante-cinq ans, dont quinze à la tête de l'entreprise, il en a fait le plus grand groupe audiovisuel au monde et l'a guidée à travers une période particulièrement compétitive et riche en bouleversements technologiques. Dans "Leçons de leadership créatif", il revient sur son parcours, ses succès, les obstacles qu'il a surmontés et les principes qui l'ont toujours guidé.

With emerging technology transforming customer expectations, it's important to keep a laser focus on the experience companies provide their customers. Tomorrow's customers need to be targeted today! Customer experience futurist Blake Morgan outlines ten easy-to-follow customer experience...

Success Reinvention will take you behind the scenes of one of the foremost thought leaders of our time. As an innovative entrepreneur, a brilliant medical doctor, and visionary leader, Dr. Castro's recipe for success will allow you to break through even the most difficult obstacles and setbacks in life. When you listen to this audiobook and take action, you will find that your dreams manifest into reality, and your success is always in your control to invent and reinvent at every stage of your life.

Become a thought leader in your postgraduate field—and make money while doing so, with this step-by-step guide from an academic who has been there. Academic Branding gives academics and scholars the tools and strategies they need to position themselves outside of academia so they can reach the...