Leadership Development A Strategic Imperative for Higher Education

GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY and dynamism of life in American colleges and universities, the development of leadership talent throughout institutions of higher learning is fast becoming a strategic imperative. Yet most institutions have never analyzed their organization's leadership supply and demand. And when they do, many underestimate the negative impact of mediocre leadership. Linda Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, applies her work on leadership development in the business world to the realm of academia. She firmly believes that leaders are made not born, and outlines lessons from business that suggest what people need to learn in order to lead, how they learn it, and what organizations can do to foster a culture conducive to learning to lead.