{"product_id":"servant-leadership-for-higher-education-isbn-9781118008904","title":"Servant Leadership for Higher Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSERVANT LEADERSHIP\u003c\/b\u003e FOR HIGHER EDUCATION \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Given the myriad of complex problems facing higher education, it is difficult to imagine that an administrator at any level of the institution could be effective without engaging in servant leadership. Higher education is a service industry and, consequently, this text is a must read for practicing administrators who are committed to effective leadership.\" –\u003cb\u003eMARY LOU HIGGERSON, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the college, Baldwin-Wallace College \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Finally a thoughtful book on servant leadership with direct application to higher education. Includes many strategies for developing servant leadership in self, others, and organizations.\"  –\u003cb\u003eDR. GARY L. FILAN\u003c\/b\u003e, executive director, Chair Academy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eServant Leadership for Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e Dan Wheeler brings the gauzy platitudes sometimes associated with servant leadership down to earth in a set of field-tested principles. I finished the book fantasizing about how much better off our colleges and universities would be if our leaders behaved like this!\"  –\u003cb\u003eJON WERGIN\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of educational studies, Ph.D. in Leadership \u0026amp; Change Program, Antioch University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a must read for anyone thinking about becoming an academic leader. In the academy, it is not about command and control–it's about serving your colleagues. Dan Wheeler's book 'nails it' as nothing is more critical to leaders than success in serving their colleagues.\"  –\u003cb\u003eWALTER GMELCH\u003c\/b\u003e, dean and professor, School of Education, University of San Francisco \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKent M. Keith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Unsuccessful Leadership Models 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Servant Leadership: A Philosophy of Living 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Servant Leadership Principles 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Principle One: Service to Others is the Highest Priority 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Principle Two: Facilitate Meeting the Needs of Others 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Principle Three: Foster Problem Solving and Taking Responsibility at All Levels 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Principle Four: Promote Emotional Healing in People and the Organization 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Principle Five: Means Are as Important as Ends 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Principle Six: Keep One Eye on the Present and One on the Future 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Principle Seven: Embrace Paradoxes and Dilemmas 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Principle Eight: Leave a Legacy to Society 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Principle Nine: Model Servant Leadership 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Principle Ten: Develop More Servant Leaders 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Care and Feeding of Servant Leaders 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Some Common Questions (Myths) Regarding Servant Leadership 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 179\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDANIEL W. WHEELER\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of Leadership Studies and former head of the Department of Agriculture Leadership, Education, and Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Previously he was coordinator of the Office of Professional and Organizational Development at Nebraska. He consults and leads workshops in all of these areas in the United States and internationally.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSERVANT LEADERSHIP\u003c\/b\u003e FOR HIGHER EDUCATION \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Given the myriad of complex problems facing higher education, it is difficult to imagine that an administrator at any level of the institution could be effective without engaging in servant leadership. 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