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From compensation studies to success stories, survey data and industry trends, you'll find detailed information of interest to clients/candidates. We encourage our clients and candidates to review the following copyrighted materials and to share them via email with their associates.

Industry Surveys/Reports

How Higher Education Candidates Navigate the Executive Search Process
Search committees are stretched to the limits, but executive search firms can add value to the search process for candidates. Four-page report.

Witt/Kieffer Survey of Chief Financial Officers
Thirty-one percent of higher education CFOs are job hunting now or plan to do so in a year's time. Eight-page report, April 2007.

Success Factors for Academic Deans
Which factors enable deans to be a success? To find out, read this eight-page survey report.

Executive Placement Study, July 2007
Each year, Witt/Kieffer provides an overview of its work in health care, education and insurance/managed care. This study features Witt/Kieffer placements by organization, job type and compensation and benefits. Six pages.

Leadership Succession and Transition Practice
Talent management is among the most important work a hospital or system or a college or university does. Four-page fact sheet.

Attributes and Responsibilities of Successful Chief Advancement Officers
Chief advancement officers serve higher education in such areas as development, strategy, public/alumni affairs and government/community relations. Four-page report from 1999.

Book a Witt/Kieffer Speaker
Book a Witt/Kieffer search consultant for your next seminar or special event.

Leaders' Profiles

Bucknell University Provost Mary DeCredico
Bucknell alumna seeks new ways to make history.

University of New Hampshire President Ann Weaver Hart, Ph.D.
Inquiry and discovery challenge UNH president, students and faculty.

John W. Barr Brings Poetry into the Mainstream
Chicago foundation president seeks mainstream appeal for poetry in America. Two-page profile.

Congressman Doug Bereuter
Altruistic leader generates international good will as The Asia Foundation's president.

Michael Rosenblatt, M.D., Takes the Helm as Dean at Tufts Medical School
Trusting in his community of colleagues, Tufts Medical School dean finds success.

Stephens College President Invites Faculty and Community to Strategize for Success
"I've built a staff of great professionals. I'm proud of the people side of what I do."

Drs. William Harvey and Yolanda Moses
Witt/Kieffer places key leaders at national education associations.

News Releases

Former University Presidents Join Witt/Kieffer Education Search Practice
Thomas Jackson and Edward Nicholson have been named "of Counsel" to Witt/Kieffer's higher education and not-for-profit practice and members of the firm's Education Leadership Council.

James W. Gauss named new Witt/Kieffer President and CEO
Witt/Kieffer has named Jim Gauss as the firm's new president and CEO. Gauss' selection as CEO is the result of the firm's strategic three-year succession plan. Two-page news release.

Tools to Support the Search Process

Association and Not-for-Profit Search Practice
Witt/Kieffer consultants are ready to identify and recruit visionary leaders for associations and not-for-profit organizations.

Witt/Kieffer Education and Not-for-Profit Practice Brochure
Search consultants offer added value to that provided by a college/university search committee alone. Eight-page brochure.

How Witt/Kieffer Assists Search Committees
Search committees rely on Witt/Kieffer to assist them in identifying leaders who can advance the organization's goals and objectives. Five pages.

Career Development Tools

What a Candidate Ought to Know
This candidate primer explains how to work with Witt/Kieffer consultants. Six pages.

360° Support for the 24/7 President
Board members can help sustain the well-being of those who hold down today's demanding academic presidencies. Four-page article, written by John K. Thornburgh.

Perspectives, Summer 2007
Read about Witt/Kieffer's national study on advancing diversity leadership in health care and a profile of a university and medical center CHRO in this eight-page newsletter.

The Presidential Transition and the Chief Development Officer
How do chief development officers relate successfully to a new president? Four pages.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Columns
Jean Dowdall has written a series of useful articles for leaders in education. These columns originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and are available online at: www.chronicle.com/jobs/archive/advice/moving.htm

The Candidate Interview
As clients prepare to interview candidates, they will find these suggestions of particular interest. Eleven pages.

Does Your Resume Work as Hard as You Do?
Witt/Kieffer offers these resume suggestions when you're ready to review and update your resume. Two-page document.

Executive Performance Books

Searching for Higher Education Leadership
This new book by search consultant Jean Dowdall addresses the challenges of executive search in higher education.