What it takes to be a successful dean - MIRAH HOROWITZ, eCampus News

To understand whether today’s cadre of deans have the attributes necessary to succeed in this new leadership paradigm, Russell Reynolds Associates asked 15 deans from leading R1 institutions to complete well-validated psychometric assessments that focus on behavioral characteristics relevant to leadership roles. We aggregated their psychometric profiles and compared them to our database of more than 3,500 corporate and nonprofit executives, enabling us to identify the ways in which today’s deans resemble and diverge from their counterparts in other sectors. Our analysis revealed that successful deans possess a mix of qualities that enable them to excel as “academic entrepreneur.” Deans are differentiated from their corporate counterparts in several statistically significant areas; they are more likely to be.... https://www.ecampusnews.com/eschool-media/takes-successful-dean/