Roosevelt Johnson: A Different Way of Thinking
One of this book’s overriding themes relates to the thought processes of collaborative leaders. Phil Kutzko’s comments on Roosevelt Johnson capture several aspects of this leader’s collaborative mindset:
• Johnson took a holistic approach, aiming for institutional change.
• He took a long view of change.
• He suggested that the University of Iowa make its changes in phases (for example, advising Iowa to create an internal support structure in the first five years and then to build on that later).
• He understood that creating a genuine culture of collaboration in academia usually happens from the inside out.
Put another way, Johnson and other collaborative leaders take a comprehensive view ...
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