This book addresses the numerous challenges that academic deans need to understand and address throughout a successful career in academic administration. It provides essential guidance regarding the various aspects of professional and institutional success, including what academic deans need to know and the role that each topic plays in contributing to professional and institutional success.

Each of the nine chapters considers essential aspects of becoming and remaining a successful, transformational, and resilient academic dean including: (1) contemporary higher education; (2) the academic deanship; (3) roles and responsibilities of an academic dean; (4) working with stakeholders; (5) career advancement and success; (6) preparing yourself; (7) preparing your people; (8) preparing your organization; and (9) ensuring continued professional and institutional success.

The mission of the book is to contribute to the success of readers throughout their careers as academic deans and enhance not only their professional success and resilience, but also that of the institutions that they manage and lead as transformational and visionary leaders. It prepares individuals for career success as an academic dean through equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence that enables them to ensure the present and future success, resilience, and survival of institutions that they have the privilege to manage and lead as academic deans. The book is intended for both those who aspire to these positions as well as those currently serving as academic deans, associate deans, assistant deans, or in related leadership positions.

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Dr. Robert S. Fleming holds a joint appointment at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA, as a professor of management in the Rohrer College of Business where he previously served as dean and as a professor of crisis and emergency management. The primary focus of his research, teaching, and consulting has been on enhancing organizational effectiveness and resilience, with an emphasis on contemporary businesses, non-profits, colleges and universities, public safety, and governmental entities.

In addition to a doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Temple University, he has five earned master's degrees, including a Master of Governmental Administration from the Fels Center of Government of the University of Pennsylvania. His extensive professional preparation includes completion of the Senior Executives in National and International Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Professor Fleming is a prolific author, having published numerous books and articles. He is a recognized authority and media source for various business, emergency management, and crisis management topics. He previously coauthored Survival Skills for Thesis and Dissertation Candidates and authored Preparing for a Successful Faculty Career: Achieving Career Excellence as a Faculty Member, companion books in the Springer Texts in Education Series.

Throughout his more than 40 years as a faculty member and academic administrator, he has assisted many students and colleagues in their preparation for successful careers as faculty members and academic administrators. This book incorporates the various lessons that he has learned and shared with aspiring faculty members and academic administrators as a willing and respected mentor.