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So given all of the shortcomings, why agree to lead?
The question is not rhetorical, it has an answer: to have an impact. If you have a commitment to the broader community, it gives you a chance to have a significant positive and lasting impact on that community. If you have something special to bring to your unit including improving diversity, increasing the focus on teaching and learning, developing centers, and increasing interdisciplinary work, it provides an opportunity and resources for effecting such changes. You can be catalyst for positive change. You can follow your passions and make things happen, you can make a difference. You can grow professionally.
| | | Why lead? |