The Academic Coach: How To Create a High Performance Culture in Higher Education Using Data-Driven Leadership

Whilst it can sometimes feel that managing academic staff is like ‘herding cats’, it needn’t be always the case.
Academics often resist management. But they love to be led. How can you become a steward of change?
Whether you are new to academic management or you are more experienced, The Academic Coach will show you how to:
• Use a framework of tools to identify strategic and tactical objectives
• Empower staff to utilise data to make great decisions
• Support academic staff through periods of change
• Create a high-performance culture
• Help staff make life-changing decisions to accelerate their careers
• Overcome limiting beliefs for yourself and others
• Re-profile staff skills to balance teaching, research and income generation
• Realise the potential of staff in higher education environments

About the Author
Richard Hill is a Higher Education Leadership Consultant and a university Professor. He coaches academics, researchers and faculty administrators, helping them use data to transform themselves and their working environments, so they can become great leaders.