CHAPTER 3

Optimizing the Board–President Relationship: Best Practices That Make a Difference!

Eugene B. Habecker

Introduction

The search process is launched with the best of intentions. The board search committee is put together to set parameters and to ensure due diligence. The multiple documents and resumes provided by presidential candidates are reviewed, finalists determined, followed by multiple interviews, test-taking, and analyses. The choice is subsequently announced to great fanfare, followed by the usual pomp and circumstance of a presidential inauguration, everyone hoping for the best.

However, in less than 1 year, or 2, there is a board-initiated change. Not a change initiated because the faculty and staff are upset or because there ...

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