Trujillo-Jenks, LauraAnderson, Gina2023-05-032023-05-032021This is the published version of an article that is available at https://newprairiepress.org/accp/2021/leadership/3. Recommended citation: Trujillo-Jenks, L. and Anderson, G. (2021). Building and sustaining a healthy and thriving department: Part 2. Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. This item has been deposited in with the author’s permission and in the absence of publisher policies.https://hdl.handle.net/11274/14948https://newprairiepress.org/accp/2021/leadership/3Article originally published in Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. English. Published Online 2021. https://newprairiepress.org/accp/2021/leadership/3Learning to delegate and build leaders among the faculty and staff, and mentoring and modeling how to manage difficult situations are integral to building and sustaining capacity within a department. Building a department culture that is healthy and thriving, while also creating a climate for faculty and staff to safely develop their own leadership potential are important characteristics of a healthy department. Also, helping faculty and staff learn to mitigate difficult situations is a powerful form of leadership development. Building a culture of success, a climate that nurtures respect, honesty, and loyalty, and engaging in Crucial Conversations© are the foci for this presentation. Activities and recommendations will be shared and discussed.en-USFaculty and staffHealthy organizationDifficult situationsArticleCC BY-SA 4.0