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Title: |
New Tricks |
| Sub-title: |
Reflections on a Life in Medicine and Tertiary Education |
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| By (author): |
Richard Larkins |
| ISBN10-13: |
1922235431 : 9781922235435 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
234x153mm |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Weight: |
.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - January 2015 |
| List Price: |
26.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: general |
| What is the essence of leadership? Richard Larkins, a major figure of Australian science, medicine, and university administration, including as vice-chancellor of Monash University, provides a rare, candid account of a life lived in the public eye, and of the philosophy he has drawn upon to negotiate the personal and professional challenges that this life has thrown up. â High above the hushed crowd, Rex tried to remain focused. Still, he couldnâ t shake one nagging thought: he was an old dog and this was a new trick.â These words lay beneath a Gary Larson cartoon showing a dog riding a unicycle on a tightrope in a circus bigtop while juggling balls with its front paws, swinging a hoop round its middle, balancing a jug on its head and holding a cat in its mouth. The card with the cartoon was sent to me by my long-time scientific colleague, Marjorie Dunlop, to mark my transition from Dean of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne to Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University in 2003. I had just turned 60 and this was indeed a new trick. |
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