The Gift of Transformative Leaders

Great organizations flourish at the hands of transformative leaders. Most organizations remain competitive but are unlikely to advance without impetus. Only exceptional leaders in an organization can fulfill an ambition for real institutional advancement. In this Element, Nathan Hatch, a former university president and provost at two top-30 national universities, draws on their more than forty-year career in higher education to showcase leaders the author recruited and empowered to advance and transform institutions. At each institution, the author witnessed pockets of mediocrity transform into national examples of excellence. Finding the right leader to spearhead the work was the key to growth and success nearly every time. Through the stories of thirteen transformative leaders, Hatch illuminates how the author approached identifying talent and empowered leaders to lead in bold and creative ways.

優秀的組織在具有變革力的領導者的帶領下蓬勃發展。大多數組織保持競爭力，但如果沒有推動力，它們很難取得進步。只有在組織中的卓越領導者才能實現真正的機構進步的願望。在這本書中，作者Nathan Hatch是一位前大學校長和兩所全美前30名的國家大學的教務長，他們在高等教育領域擁有超過四十年的職業生涯，展示了作者招募和授權的領導者如何推進和改變機構。在每個機構中，作者見證了平庸的地方如何轉變為國家卓越的典範。找到合適的領導者來帶領工作是成長和成功的關鍵，幾乎每一次都是如此。通過十三位變革性領導者的故事，Hatch闡明了作者如何辨識人才並授權領導者以大膽和創造性的方式領導。