ACHE 2018 Concurrent Sessions
Suicidal Leadership Among Higher Education Administrators: Are you in the Pathway?
Session Description
Suicidal leadership (SL) is a series of downward spiraling fatal errors that depletes leaders’ effectiveness and eventually culminates in their termination from the leadership position. Results of over 20 years of actual case studies of higher education leaders will be presented. The studies identified the pathway to suicidal or fatal leadership and includes six phases. The phases include: (1) the disequilibrium phase; (2) the reactive phase, (3) the impulsive phase, (4) the weakened phase, (5) the neurotic phase, and (6), the termination phase or SL. Decisions/behaviors at each phase will be presented as well as themes arising from the case studies. You will take away practical strategies from this session that have the potential to reduce your chances of succumbing to suicidal leadership and help you perform your leadership role in a more efficiency manner.
Primary Presenter
Henry J Findlay, Tuskegee University
Brief Bio
Dr. Henry J. Findlay, educator, leadership coach, administrator, and author is currently professor and assistant dean, School of Education and director of the Continuing Education Program, Tuskegee University.
He has also developed several principles of teaching and learning. One such principle is nano-teaching that states: “The best way to learn something is to prepare to teach it and then teach it, and whoever explains is likely to learn more.”
He has made presentations in 33 states, focusing on teaching and learning, leadership development, strategic planning, evaluation, curriculum development and assessment. At the national level, he has coached leaders at many colleges and universities; military bases, community-based organizations, government, and governmental agencies.
Internationally, he has conducted training in nine countries with extensive leadership development, faculty development, assessment and evaluation, and curriculum development in Azerbaijan, Hungary, Senegal and Tanzania. He currently serves on several national boards including: The American Association of University Administrators, president of the HBCU Faculty Development Network, Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities, etc.
Findlay’s thriller murder mystery novel, Twisted Minds has received rave reviews. An active member with the Tuskegee Church of Christ, he serves as the church treasurer and director of the educational program. He is married to the former Hyacinth Elaine Robinson, a retired professor of educational leadership at Alabama State University and they have two children, Damian Henry, DMD, MD, (Torri) and Curdell Theresa Grimes (John), and two grandchildren, Victoria Rose and Michael Damian.