Higher Education Leadership

When designer and computer scientist John Maeda was tapped to be president of the celebrated Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, he had to learn how to be a leader quickly. He had to transform himself from a tenured professor - with a love of argument for argument’s sake and the freedom to experiment - into the head of a hierarchical organization. The professor is free to speak his mind against “the man.” The college president is “the man.” Maeda has had to teach himself, through trial and error, about leadership.

From Stephen R. Covey, bestselling author of The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, comes the accompanying personal workbook that will help you further realize the power of this new habit. The world has changed dramatically since Covey's classic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was published.

A professor at Harvard Business School, Kotter spent years coaching organizations - large and small; successful, less successful, and nearly bankrupt - through their own change processes. Some worked; others didn't. Distilling wisdom from these experiences, Kotter identifies eight common mistakes managers make implementing change. He then uses them to propose an eight-stage model that he argues can lead to successful organizational transformation.

International management is considered an achievement in my eyes. If you have run a business so successfully that you have enough funds to enter new markets, you are a great manager in general. International expansion is also an investor's dream because the more countries a company enters, the more potential revenue can be made. My international college professor gave me A+, 100 percent, so this paper will not disappoint you.

Business finance tackles a wide range of objectives and equations that a financial manager must use to perform his or her job correctly. Financing can involve the decision making process that involves making a long-term investments, and this long-term investments can include assets such as equipment, machinery, or property.

This information-packed audiobook relays solid expertise you will need to become an effective meeting administrator. As with any topic, the basics do not just come to you; you must make a conscious effort to learn what you need to know to become more skillful. Knowing these basics of planning and managing meetings will "head off" problems before they occur. If you are presently involved in meeting planning or responsible for chairing meetings or see that in your future, this audiobook is for you!

Fail Faster, Succeed Sooner is a new way to embrace lessons from the journey of learning. Many believe that one hires someone for their expertise. This is not quite complete. One hires someone for their ability to have learned from their failure to ensure that when they come to fix your problem with their expertise, they fix your problem the right way, the first time. If one wants to succeed, one has to learn how to fail in order to succeed more quickly, faster.