Dr. Lin HuffCorzine

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• Dr. Lin Huff-Corzine
• Assistant Vice President
• Division of Academic Affairs
• Office of Faculty Relations
• University of Central Florida

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• On Being a Department Chair
• or School Director
• Mistakes to Avoid,
• Behaviors to Emulate

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• 1. Not Embracing the Job

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• 2. Over-spending the budget

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• 3. Mishandling personnel issues, especially
  discipline

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• 4. Not mentoring faculty

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• 5. Ending on a positive note
• gt The Top 10, Now 11, Recommendations for a
  Rewarding Relationship
• with your Dean

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• Dont Waste Your Deans Time
• When talking about your Dean with others stick
  mostly to the facts
• 3. Keep your departments/schools
  contributions in the first second place

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• Dont expect to get everything you want
• 5. Provide results if the Dean invests in your
  department/school
• 6. If you make a mistake, admit it fix it, if
  possible

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• 7. Tell your Dean about accomplishments
• 8. Document why you need more resources
• 9. If the Dean asks its reasonable, the
  answer is Yes

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• 10. Dont let the first No from the Dean stop
  you from asking again. Once youve asked twice
  the answer is No, stifle the urge to ask again
• 11. Keep a sense of humor