Field Book for Higher Education Leaders

Based on Leadership Intelligence: Navigating to Your True North, this book A Field Book for Higher Education Leaders: Improving Your Leadership Intelligence, is a practical tool to aid both the novice and experienced administrator grow their leadership skillset. The field book is replete with scenarios of actual higher education scenarios (including solutions and rationales) to guide the leader through analysis and reflection. Additionally, current and supporting readings along with various activities are included to aid the leader in attaining an improved leadership imprint for life.

This book is a gem for higher education administration programs. . . I highly recommend this book to leaders who want to improve their decision-making skills. . . Leaders must work at sharpening their leadership skills, and this book provides a safe and challenging way to practice these skills. No matter the chair’s years of experience, situations arise that require high levels of leadership intelligence. This book provides current scenarios that challenge chairs on a daily basis., Higher education leaders must be savvy and strategic thinkers, understand how to encourage and empower others, and possess empathy and judgement while maintaining the highest ethical and performance standards. The Leadership Intelligence Fieldbook places the reader in real life, risk free scenarios where these skills can be tested and strengthened., In a time when common-sense approaches to solving today’s problems seems to be fading away, Dr. Green once again provides practical insight into handling the challenges that face our college and university leaders.  “Improving Your Leadership Intelligence Field Book for Higher Education Leaders” is a refreshing approach of how to prepare higher education professionals to lead our institutions in ever-changing and demanding times.  As Dr. Green points out, true leadership is defined as how we respond to today’s challenges and become better, more effective leaders., In a time when common-sense approaches to solving today’s problems seems to be fading away, Dr. Green once again provides practical insight into handling the challenges that face our college and university leaders.  “Improving Your Leadership Intelligence Field Book for Higher Education Leaders” is a refreshing approach of how to prepare higher education professionals to lead our institutions in ever-changing and demanding times.  As Dr. Green points out, true leadership is defined as how we respond to today’s challenges and become better, more effective leaders. , What a refreshing way to focus a book – presenting a practical and adaptive strategy for developing much needed leadership skills. Combining these relational skills with the knowledge and technical skills, higher education leaders will have a much clearer path to successful implementation of their leadership practices. Maulding-Green and Leonard are convincing as they emphasize the elements of ‘credibility, competence, inspirational ability, vision, and emotional intelligence’ to craft a humane framework for building leadership capacity. They also include specific knowledge, skills, dispositions and scenarios that illustrate the key elements critical for insightful leadership. A must read for all leaders.

Wanda Maulding Green is an educational leadership faculty member at the University of South Alabama and has served in leadership roles in both K12 and higher education. She is co-author of the book, Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North.Edward Leonard is a retired school superintendent and higher education administrator. He currently teaches leadership courses at the University of South Alabama and is co-author of the book, Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North.