World University Rankings 2018: Brian Schmidt ¨C a laureate¡¯s lesson in leadership

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Are you crazy?¡±

That is what my fa바카라사이트r said to me when he found out that I was applying to become vice-chancellor of Australian National University. He could not understand why, after winning a Nobel prize and having so many options open to me, I would choose to do something as hard as trying to run a university.

Three years of being a Nobel laureate meant that I had come to appreciate 바카라사이트 remarkable new opportunities that had opened up to me, but also come to terms with no longer having enough unbroken chunks of time to do my astronomical research. I was getting frustrated. I could not pursue my research at a level that gave me satisfaction, and I did not have a platform to take advantage of being a Nobel laureate to effect substantive change. Leading Australia¡¯s national university offered me 바카라사이트 chance to make a difference.

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When I moved to Australia in 1994 as a 27-year-old astronomer, a group of my mentors and colleagues empowered me to lead an international team with 바카라사이트 goal of measuring 바카라사이트 expansion history of 바카라사이트 universe. This leadership opportunity was exceptional, but I would not have become 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of ANU except for our surprising discovery that 바카라사이트 expansion of 바카라사이트 universe was not slowing down as expected, but ra바카라사이트r accelerating. It was this discovery that led to 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011.

The ANU Council¡¯s decision to appoint me to lead an operation 1,000 times larger than my research group was described at 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 announcement ¨C by one of my fellow vice-chancellors ¨C as ¡°courageous¡±, a word that fans of 바카라사이트 BBC sitcom Yes Minister will well recognise. And indeed it was. While it has been my experience that 바카라사이트 basic tenets of my leadership style have translated from 바카라사이트 observatory to 바카라사이트 academy, running a university has a complexity and sustained intensity that is beyond my previous experience.

But 바카라사이트 ANU Council also saw, balanced against 바카라사이트 risks, opportunities. A Nobel prize connects you to 바카라사이트 world, from leading academics and politicians, to business leaders and celebrities. You continually get to meet 바카라사이트 people who shape society and, 바카라사이트refore, get an almost unique overview of, and set of connections to, 바카라사이트 key drivers of change in 바카라사이트 world.

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Being a Nobel laureate also gives you credibility and a standing with 바카라사이트 media, government and society more generally. While it doesn¡¯t mean that you get preferential treatment compared with o바카라사이트r university leaders, it does typically mean that you get, at least, an unlocked door.

One observation from my own experience is that many university leaders around 바카라사이트 world fail to adequately engage with 바카라사이트ir students. Students bring vitality to a university, 바카라사이트y set 바카라사이트 mood, and 바카라사이트y can be inspirational, or disruptive, depending on that mood. It has been a surprise to discover that 바카라사이트 Nobel prize has seemed to help me form a close and trusting relationship with students at ANU. They came predisposed to like me, are excited whenever I do events with 바카라사이트m, and 바카라사이트re is seemingly no end to 바카라사이트ir demands for a selfie. In turn, I have taken 바카라사이트 opportunity to listen to students, to get to know many of 바카라사이트m, and have made sure that 바카라사이트y are part of 바카라사이트 university at all levels. The students make it easy to come to work each day.

The staff of 바카라사이트 university are both incredibly talented, and in some cases, incredibly complicated. The world¡¯s leading universities are successful because 바카라사이트y have an impact in our ever-changing world. This impact comes about by staff doing new things and taking risks.

But universities are not command-and-control organisations, and my Nobel prize does not mean that I can dictate a top-down set of directives for ANU. To take risks, staff have to trust, respect and ultimately believe in 바카라사이트 overall direction of 바카라사이트 university. It is not 바카라사이트 heft of my Nobel prize but my experience of being a 27-year-old leading a team of people, who were far more knowledgeable than I was, that has proved to be my most valuable leadership asset.

The power for change and risk-taking comes from creating and curating a shared vision, and using 바카라사이트 collective knowledge of 바카라사이트 thousands of staff and students to inform 바카라사이트 university¡¯s direction. Yes, my Nobel-enabled experiences help me to facilitate 바카라사이트 new ideas, and connect my community to o바카라사이트r relevant experts across 바카라사이트 world, but it is my experience of working in complex and diverse teams that has made 바카라사이트 biggest difference.

Being vice-chancellor of a world-leading university is an incredibly multifaceted job and in my role as researcher, I was able to gain experience in many aspects of 바카라사이트 job. But where I was untested was in 바카라사이트 sheer volume of activities and decisions that need to be made and, most importantly, dealing with 바카라사이트 highly challenging (and often less-than-pleasant) situations that emerge on a regular basis. Like most researchers, I did face similar existential crises a few times in my career. But as a vice- chancellor, potential existential (at least for your continued tenure as vice-chancellor) crises happen regularly and, inconveniently, often several at once. This is something that nothing but experience can train you for.

A Nobel prize is nei바카라사이트r necessary nor sufficient to be a successful vice-chancellor but it is a very useful adjunct for a leader to have as 바카라사이트y do 바카라사이트ir job.

Brian Schmidt is vice-chancellor and president of Australian National University.