Moving into a new position is not always easy, but the New Deans Seminar provides deans, interim/acting deans, and others who head higher education business units with insight and perspective into their changing responsibilities. This popular seminar, led by facilitators who have years of experience as business deans, focuses on all the factors necessary for a successful deanship. Explore topics including career paths and success factors, mastering the inside game, friend-raising and fundraising, accreditation, challenges facing new deans, change management, and others. 

Who Should Attend:  

• Business school deans, interim deans, and heads of business schools.

• Learn what every new dean needs to know about the job. 
• Master the essential tools and techniques for success as a dean. 
• Acquire practical insights and tactics with immediate, on-the-job relevance. 
• Build contacts with colleagues at other schools.

Lead Facilitator:

• Allan D. Spritzer, Allen and Ruth Harris Chair of Excellence in Business, Professor of Management, and former Dean of Business, College of Business and Technology, East Tennessee State University.

Additional Facilitators (may vary at each offering)

• Otis Baskin, professor of management and former dean, George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University. 

• John Fernandes, president and chief executive officer, AACSB International

• Denise T. Smart, dean, Emmett and Miriam McCoy College of Business Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos

• Jerry E. Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer, AACSB International

Since this program previously sold out early, don't be disappointed. 
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