Lead or Leave

Roger H. Hull earned his degrees at Dartmouth College, Yale Law School, and the University of Virginia. He has worked in the fields of diplomacy, education, law, and politics. For nine years, he was the president of Beloit College (1981-1990) and later served for fifteen years as president of Union College and chancellor of Union University (1990-2005). Since 2005, Hull has been president emeritus of Union College and chairman and president of the Help Yourself Foundation, which he founded.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Presidential LeadershipPart 5 Lead by LearningPart 6 Use the pulpit the presidency providesPart 7 Avoid institutional amnesiaPart 8 Look at the whole chessboardPart 9 Pay attention to detailsPart 10 Remember that precedent mattersPart 11 Pay as you goPart 12 Run scaredPart 13 Remember that board members are not your friendsPart 14 Realize the board's limitationsPart 15 Be loyal - to those who work with you and to the collegePart 16 Trust yourself - and those with whom you workPart 17 Give credit to othersPart 18 Take the blame yourselfPart 19 Do what you think is rightPart 20 Be decisivePart 21 Be accountablePart 22 Enjoy the fishbowlPart 23 Choose the presidency or the president for the right reasonsChapter 24 ManagementPart 25 Keep an open doorPart 26 Manage by wandering aroundPart 27 Know your constituentsPart 28 Answer everything - emails, letters, phone callsPart 29 Embrace informality whenever possiblePart 30 Support aggressive actionsPart 31 Make no private dealsPart 32 Follow the lead of your staffPart 33 Do what you say you are going to doPart 34 Be honestPart 35 Defuse every situation - and do so quicklyPart 36 Learn to delegatePart 37 Have the guts to go with your gutPart 38 Leave second-guessing to othersPart 39 Strive for rising expectationsChapter 40 Personal StylePart 41 Be sensitive to those around youPart 42 Treat people as you want to be treatedPart 43 Expect more of yourself than othersPart 44 Live for the job, not on the jobPart 45 Check your ego at the doorPart 46 Know your limitationsPart 47 Stir the potPart 48 Keep your perspectivePart 49 Focus on the positivePart 50 Take your vacationPart 51 Remember that work should be funPart 52 Know when it's time to leave the partyChapter 53 ConclusionChapter 54 AcknowledgementsChapter 55 Index

Among college presidents, Roger Hull is known as a gunslinger who shoots from the head - and in this book he has.