How Long to Read Effective Practices for Academic Leaders

How Long Does it Take to Read Effective Practices for Academic Leaders?

It takes the average reader and 16 minutes to read Effective Practices for Academic Leaders by Daniel W. Wheeler

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Executive Summary This briefing is intended to increase the knowledge and understanding of department chairs and their supervisors of a current leadership philosophy and practice known as servant leadership. It examines servant leadership in the context of the department and the chair's functions. In 1970, Robert Greenleaf first described servant leadership. He viewed servant leadership as a deep desire to serve--a prerequisite to leadership-- and identified 10 characteristics of servant leaders. Barbuto and Wheeler (2006) added an additional one: calling. Subsequently, in a new model, Barbuto and Wheeler reduced these 11 characteristics to 5 and redefined them as the following factors: altruistic calling, emotional healing, persuasive mapping, wisdom, and organizational stewardship. They also developed an empirical survey instrument for measuring these factors, the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ). In this briefing, I suggest that servant leadership is an appropriate practice for chairs because many of its outcomes (e.g., positive work environment, empowerment, and service) are those that chairs desire. Research thus far suggests that servant leadership also results in greater commitment, satisfaction, effort, and trust. I provide numerous examples of these outcomes in this briefing. This briefing also addresses a number of broad questions and issues about servant leadership: Is servant leadership too idealistic and "soft" to be effective? Are decisions determined by the leader's ego needs? Can servant leadership be used to address all leadership and management functions? Can one be a servant leader in a nonservant organization? How does a servant leader deal with the paradoxes of chairing a department? Can the chair meet followers' highest-priority needs? Can't individual needs conflict with organizational needs? Are the means as important as the ends? Why should chairs take the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) as a development experience?

How long is Effective Practices for Academic Leaders?

Effective Practices for Academic Leaders by Daniel W. Wheeler is 16 pages long, and a total of 4,096 words.

This makes it 5% the length of the average book. It also has 5% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Effective Practices for Academic Leaders Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 22 minutes to read Effective Practices for Academic Leaders aloud.

What Reading Level is Effective Practices for Academic Leaders?

Effective Practices for Academic Leaders is suitable for students ages 6 and up.

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