Could you some day become a business school dean? If the answer is yes - or even if you are unsure - this seminar illuminates the rewards and challenges of being dean through the experiences of veteran business school leaders. You will learn the many facets of the dean's life, as well as what schools look for when they search for a dean. You also will learn how to match your talents with a specific institution and how to best prepare your curriculum vita.

Who Should Attend

• Faculty, department chairs, associate and assistant deans, business professionals, and those who aspire to be dean of the business school.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the knowledge, skills, abilities, and qualities common to all good dean candidates.
   
• Learn effective interviewing tips and techniques.
   
•  Receive a personality trait analysis of successful deans.
   
• Hear practical advice to make the job less overwhelming.
   
• Understand how to identify a "good match" between you and the business school.
   
• Hear testimonials from current and retired deans about lessons that prepared them to be dean.

Facilitators (may vary at each offering):

• Craig M. McAllister is dean at the Roy E. Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Prior to joining academe, he worked for Consolidated Foods, AVX Corporation, and Loral Electronic Systems. His academic career includes appointments at Alfred State College, Cornell University, and the University of Central Florida. A frequent visiting faculty member and guest speaker in university and corporate executive programs, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, a master's from Alfred University in Massachusetts, and a PhD from Columbia University.
• Lynne D. Richardson is dean of the College of Business and Industry at Mississippi State University. Previously, she was dean and professor of marketing in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and associate dean and professor of marketing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned a PhD in marketing in 1989 from the University of Alabama, an MBA in 1983 from University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her bachelor's degree in marketing in 1980 from the University of Montevallo (Alabama).