The book provides a concise guide to how academic leaders can manage their time more efficiently and thus better cope with the stresses of their position. Rather than focusing on theory or the causes of time and stress pressures for college administrators today, the book focused on field-tested approaches for achieving more of ones priorities and for dealing with the pressures of academic leadership positions. (Academic leaders already knowwhy theyre running short of time and feeling stressed; they dont want more analysis and theory, but rather insights into how they can make things better.) The book is designed for use by individual academic leaders, administrative teams in a retreat, leadership workshops or training programs, and courses in higher education leadership.

JEFFREY L. BULLER is the director of Leadership and Professional Development at Florida Atlantic University and a senior partner in ATLAS Leadership Training. He holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has published sixteen other books on academic leadership as well as numerous articles, including nearly two hundred on higher education administration.

DedicationIntroductionPart I: Managing Your TimeChapter 1. Why Academic Leaders Need to Manage Their Time and Stress BetterChapter 2. Budgeting TimeChapter 3. Distinguishing the Urgent from the ImportantChapter 4. The Time-Money ContinuumChapter 5. The Time-Energy ContinuumChapter 6. Time-Efficient Time Logs and How to Use ThemChapter 7. The Care and Feeding of to-do listsChapter 8. Handling Documents EfficientlyChapter 9. Making SMART Goals Even SMARTERChapter 10. Avoiding Black Holes of TimeChapter 11. Reprogramming YourselfPart II: Managing Your StressChapter 12. The Origins of Administrative StressChapter 13. Embracing StressChapter 14. Reducing StressChapter 15. Managing StressChapter 16. Coping with StressPart III: Putting It All TogetherChapter 17. A Holistic Approach to Managing Time and StressChapter 18. Academic Leaders as Role ModelsResources and Additional InformationResources on Time and Stress Management for Academic LeadersAbout the AuthorOther Books by Jeffrey L. BullerMore about ATLAS