What have we learned about academic leadership? / Elizabeth Hoffman -- Thoughts on leadership / Edward J. Ray -- Maintaining a personal program of research and scholarship while serving as president/chancellor / Thomas F. George -- Effective academic leadership / David Hodge and Bobby Gempesaw -- Strategic planning through thick and thin / Marc A. Johnson -- Strategies for effective shared governance / Mary Ellen Mazey and Anne L. Balazs -- Literature and the leadership lesson of house mountain / Kenneth P. Ruscio -- When to lead how : the stylistic challenges of administrative leadership / Robert J. Sternberg -- Developing mentors on the path to leadership : a case study and conversation / Jennifer P. Bott and Michele Wheatly -- My life in administration : from accident to career / Ana Mari Cauce -- The art of "no" / Elizabeth Davis -- Leadership advice : enlarging the coin of the realm / Donald J. Foss -- In search of a new language of leadership / Pamela Martin Fry -- Changing for excellence : finding resources to enable KU's Bold aspirations / Diane H. Goddard -- Academic strategic planning : how can it mean something? / April C. Mason -- University leadership : a view from the dark side / Richard McCarty -- Success in central administration : intentionality, listening, and optimism / Sally M. Reis -- Where you stand is where you sit : moving up and down the academic administrative ladder / Robert V. Smith -- Bold aspirations : a community effort / Jeffrey S. Vitter -- Disruption, innovation, and journalism education / Ann M. Brill -- Academic leadership through strategic planning : a dean's perspective / John D. Floros -- Ten strategies for enhancing the academic leader's communication effectiveness / Jane S. Halonen -- Academic leadership in a time of rapid change / Diane Halpern -- Leadership and measurement: confessions of an administrator without portfolio / Larry Lyon -- Leading: an example from the college of human ecology at Cornell University / Alan Mathios -- "Managing up" in the academy / David D. Perlmutter -- Leadership: a view from veterinary medicine / Jean Sander -- Being a department chair : fifteen tips for success / Henry L. Roediger III -- Chairing stories / Heidi Bostic -- The science chair as a scientific leader / C.J. Brainerd -- Confronting trade-offs in academic settings / Frank C. Keil -- Strategic planning : view from the department level / Lise Youngblade -- Practical ways of increasing and sustaining morale / Jeffrey L. Buller -- Conclusion : Distilling advice about academic leadership / Robert J. Sternberg.