title: Building social capital: leading and leveraging constituencies outside the college.
abstract: Building social capital for a college and discipline requires actively engaging in the work of the university and creating partnerships with stakeholders outside the university, who share common areas of interest. As a public university dean for the past 5 years, I have found this work demands a considerable investment of time, energy, and stamina to maintain the vision of ultimate success. This article discusses three lessons I have learned in this journey as a new dean: serving as dean involves more than your college; a dean must actively engage in the work of the university as a whole and advocate for other colleges within the university; and a dean must take time to engage stakeholders outside the university.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Professions, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104-9300, USA. jane.kirschling@usm.maine.edu
authors.forename: Jane Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kirschling
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States