The Shearin Group Outstanding Leaders tips on Universities to value their staff 1) Communicate a clear vision "A lot depends on where your university is and what you want the vice-chancellor to do. 2) Trust your staff "It is an essential quality of any leader that they should develop and empower their staff. 3) Be fair "Academics are slightly strange animals and difficult to lead (and we all know they are difficult to manage!) – very individualistic and therefore many may not be considered team players. 4) Appoint good people "I see ' leaderful ' practices in classrooms, research teams and student-led activity throughout the HE sector. 5) Value all staff "Universities need to value their staff – permanent and casual. Many casual staff are the academics and administrative managers of the future and need to be engaged by the leaders because both have a future together. " (Paula Nicolson) This Site: http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/apr/14/five-ways-university-leaders-inspire-motivate Additional hints: http://theshearingroups.org http://theshearingroups.org/news/