This comprehensive history of museums begins with the origins of collecting in prehistory and traces the evolution of museums from grave goods to treasure troves, from the Alexandrian Temple of the Muses to the Renaissance cabinets of curiosities, and onto the diverse array of modern institutions worldwide.
A Bold Vision to Advance Women of Color in the Workplace
Inclusive Sponsorship is an inspiring business book that explores how career sponsorship can accelerate women of color into senior leadership. Jhaymee Tynan, a Black female executive and talent advisor, shares her personal sponsorship and leadership journey, and shows how sponsorship can be transformational for black women and their employers.
Using Value Stream Mapping to Achieve Clarity, Value, and Flow
A world of accelerating change demands a new generation of management with the skills to drive decisive action and elevate performance. Managers tasked with delivering results collide with peers whose conflicting goals, perspectives, and incentives freeze progress and create a glacial pace of change. New thinking and practices are needed to act in ......
'My manager doesn't give a f**k' - Is this what you want your people to say about you?' This book doesn't just tell you what to do to lead well: it tells you exactly how to do it - what to say, how to say it and why - when you need it. This practical, skills-based handbook for managers and leaders provides helpful guidance, practical ......
A guide to why people from marginalized backgrounds may be uniquely qualified to become effective higher education leaders--and how they can get there. Students and faculty in higher education increasingly reflect more diverse backgrounds, but this diversity remains rare in many leadership roles. In Leading from the Margins, Mary Dana Hinton ......
How university leaders' empowering approach to resiliency was tested by the dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest. In 2020, some higher education leaders successfully navigated the unprecedented challenges the year presented and emerged as resilient agents of change in their academic communities. Freeman A. Hrabowski III was one ......
Celebrating and Elevating Fun, Fab, and Fierce Females
Leadership is not easily defined because it is rooted in human qualities and characteristics. Education is a people-driven profession, yet there is a beauty of balancing technical leadership with adaptive leadership, which is no easy task. There is no "rule book" to leadership; however, this book is to learn about being "unsupervised" and how new ......
Celebrating and Elevating Fun, Fab, and Fierce Females
Leadership is not easily defined because it is rooted in human qualities and characteristics. Education is a people-driven profession, yet there is a beauty of balancing technical leadership with adaptive leadership, which is no easy task. There is no "rule book" to leadership; however, this book is to learn about being "unsupervised" and how new ......
