Leadership Legacy Moments

E. Grady Bogue is Professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee. Bogue was, for 11 years, Chancellor of Louisiana State University in Shreveport, and for one year Interim Chancellor of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He held a number of other high-level academic positions with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and at the University of Memphis. Dr. Bogue has written eight books. Of his latest, one is with Praeger (Quality and Accountability in Higher Education, 2003), and one with ACE/Oryx (Exploring the Heritage of American Higher Education, 2000).

Bogue (Univ. of Tennessee) gleans meaningful insights about the culture of effective leadership from the personal stories of college leaders as well as his own personal experiences. The book consists of 12 chapters that explain by illustrations and examples how the stewards of collegiate mission--college leaders at all levels including trustees-- can and should function. He also discusses pitfalls to be avoided as college leaders try to construct an ethical legacy. The book is written in an engaging style that explains how ideas and values inform one another. The book ends with an afterword that deals with reflections on what skills and values are necessary for a leader and how the culture of leadership should be implemented. This insightful work will help people who are current leaders, and those who will become leaders, to more effectively become stewards of collegiate mission. Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections.

• Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Spirit of the Enterprise: Distinctions in Collegiate Mission, Culture, and Outcome Chapter 3 The Call to Responsibility: Changing Metaphors of Leadership Role Chapter 4 A Rejected Russian Major: Leadership Knowledge Domains Chapter 5 Boa Constrictors and Other Office Mates:The Artistic Use of Power and Authority Chapter 6 Political Ping Pong: The Constructive Uses of Conflict Chapter 7 Radioactive Nurses and Reluctant Bursars: Evolutionary and Breakpoint Change in Higher Education Chapter 8 New Chancellor on Campus: The Leader as Constructive Pessimist Chapter 9 Soul Erosion and Executive Empathy: The Seduction of Leadership Conscience Chapter 10 Fish, Books, and Politics: Patience and Persistence Payoffs Chapter 11 Leadership Reveille: Open Heart Realities and Leadership Style Chapter 12 Pressure and Profanity from the General Manager: Reflections on Leadership Effectiveness Chapter 13 Questions of Accountability: Linking Cultures of Evidence and Cultures of Faith Chapter 14 Afterword: A Friend of Mind: The Cultivation of a Sustaining Curiosity