A first-rate book, well worth reading. Ann Lucas has taken years ofresearch and reflection and distilled them into an easilyunderstood, useful volume designed to help department chairsdevelop their leadership skills.
--William E. Cashin, director, Center for Faculty Evaluation andDevelopment, Kansas State University

A practical guide to developing the survival skills that chairsneed in order to function as leaders and build cohesive teams indepartments.

ANN F. LUCAS is professor of organization development and former campus chair in the Department of Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she is founder and former director of the Office of Professional and Organizational Development. She is the author of The Department Chair's Role in Enhancing College Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 1989).