Herding Cats Revisited : Being More Advice for Aspiring Academic and Research Leaders

In the ten years since they wrote their hugely popular first book on the subject, the world has changed almost beyond recognition. Geoff Garrett and Graeme Davies have also accumulated even more experience of leading international academic/research institutions, and have talked to even more colleagues around the world. In Herding Cats Revisited they have extended, rewritten and updated their advice to reflect the technology, equality and financial realities of the 2020s. Once again, the authors address common leadership and management themes, like making tough strategic choices, leading change effectively, crisis management, dealing with bureaucracy, managing social media, allocating resources, managing budgets and ensuring effective implementation. Garrett and Davies combine their experience of leading international academic/research institutions with the wisdom of 50 senior colleagues worldwide. They deal with leadership themes like making tough strategic choices, leading change, dealing with bureaucracy, allocating resources, managing budgets and ensuring effective implementation. Helps academic/research leaders and aspiring leaders to accept and embrace the qualities of their 'cats' so they can achieve demanding goals with agility