Curated Resources for Academic Leaders at
Utah Valley University
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to upgrade the level of teaching and learning in your department or college. Maybe you want to make faculty evaluation meaningful rather than meaningless. Triangle is here for you with a constantly growing set of tools and resources.
Becoming a Department Chair
Roles and Responsibilities of Department Chairs
https://www.uky.edu/ofa/sites/www.uky.edu.ofa/files/uploads/HECHT_roles_respon.pdf
Constructing the Role of Department Chair
https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u108/2015/wmu-ace-constructing-chair.pdf
What New Department Chairs Need to Know
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-new-department-chairs-need-to-know/
Transitions: From Faculty Member to Department Chair
Twelve Tips for Department Chairs
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/twelve-tips-for-department-chairs
Myths that Make Department Chairs Think They are Powerless
Myths That Make Chairs Feel They Are Powerless | Saint Mary's College (stmarys-ca.edu)
Words of Advice from Chairs and Deans
Words of Advice from Chairs and Deans (acenet.edu)
Change Management
On Change III from the American Council on Education (ACE)
Deanship
Ten Suggestions for a New Academic Dean
https://www.chronicle.com/article/10-suggestions-for-a-new-academic-dean/
Seven essential Qualities in a Good Academic Dean
https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/seven-essential-qualities-in-a-great-academic-dean/
Why Even Good Leaders Make Enemies
https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-even-good-leaders-make-enemies
How Good Leaders Say No
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-how-good-leaders-say-no
The Vision Thing
https://www.chronicle.com/article/administration-101-the-vision-thing/
Difficult Conversations
Summary of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (book by Stone, Pattyon, and Heen)
Materials from November 8, 2021, Zoom Meeting
Recording of Live Zoom Session (use passcode JQH=4p98)
Faculty Evaluation
Making Faculty Evaluations Count
The Challenge of Evaluating Faculty Colleagues
Let’s Not Kill Performance Evaluations Yet
https://hbr.org/2016/11/lets-not-kill-performance-evaluations-yet
Getting Rid of Performance Ratings: Genius or Folly? A Debate
Leading in the University
A 10-Point Survival Guide to Being, and Staying, an Academic Leader
How to Manage the Strategic Planning Process
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-how-to-manage-the-strategic-planning-process/
The Art of Gracefully Accepting Defeat
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-the-art-of-gracefully-accepting-defeat
Are You Acting with Integrity of Just Sabotaging Yourself?
What to Know About Alumni Relations
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-what-to-know-about-alumni-relations/
Why It’s Hard to Operate Outside the Box in Academe
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-why-its-hard-to-operate-outside-the-box-in-academe/
Managing the Academic Department
Conflict Management Tool
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/02/20/advice-department-chairs-managing-conflict-essay
Purposeful Approach to Teamwork
https://www2.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/docs/Glenn_teams.pdf
A 10-Point Survival Guide to Being, and Staying, an Academic Leader
Dealing with Dysfunctional Academic Departments
Strategic Planning
The Truth About Strategic Plans (Chronicle of Higher Education article)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-truth-about-strategic-plans
Women in University Leadership
American Council on Education Resource Center for Women in Leadership
