Leadership category: 28435 books
Positive School Leadership
Building Capacity and Strengthening Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research and the complexities of life in schools. The authors—both senior scholars in educational leadership—apply insights...
Leadership Theory
Cultivating Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
An interdisciplinary survey text on leadership theory grounded using critical perspectives
Leadership Theory is designed specifically for use in undergraduate or graduate classrooms providing a comprehensive overview of essential theories informing the leadership studies knowledgebase. The...
Innovation Leaders
How Senior Executives Stimulate, Steer and Sustain Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Innovation leaders promote and address the innovation agenda in their company. Through personal conviction or competitive necessity they are obsessed with providing superior value to customers through innovation. They know how to mobilize their staff behind concrete innovation initiatives and do not...
Leading Learning
Process, Themes and Issues in International Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
The study of educational leadership makes little sense unless it is in relation to who the leaders are, how they are leading, what is being led, and with what effect. Based on the premise that learning is at the heart of leadership and that leaders themselves should be learners, the Leadership for...
This Is Day One
A Practical Guide to Leadership That Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
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Based on his TEDx talk "Everyday Leadership (the Lollipop Moment)"--voted one of the 15 most inspirational TED talks of all time--This Is Day One is leadership expert Drew Dudley's...
Studying Leadership
Traditional and Critical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book is not available as a print inspection copy. To download an e-version click here or for more information contact your local sales representative.
Now in its Second Edition, Studying Leadership continues to provide a comprehensive overview of the key theories, topics, research debates...
Deciphering Chinese School Leadership
Conceptualisation, Context and Complexities
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
With existing educational leadership models and theories being predominantly western influenced, this book aims to provide more insight into school leadership in China. It pioneers building research- and practice-informed knowledge and unravels the complexities that characterize the scholarship, context...
Leaders Who Dare
Pushing the Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2005
Here, the authors focus on educators who dare to lead their schools, districts, universities, and educational organizations to new possibilities. The leadership practices of the individuals featured contribute significantly to craft knowledge and to the discourse on contemporary issues of educational...
by Mark Brundrett, Christopher Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
The study of educational leadership makes little sense unless it is in relation to who the leaders are, how they are leading, what is being led and with what effect. Based on the premise that learning is at the heart of leadership and that leaders themselves should be learners, the Leadership for...
Leadership Dialogues II
Leadership in times of change
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Following on from their bestselling title Leadership Dialogues, Dave Harris and John West-Burnham’s Leadership Dialogues II: Leadership in times of change examines eight more themes crucial to the effective education of our young people in schools. We are living in times in which school leaders...
Feminist Theory and Educational Leadership
Much Ado About Something!
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
“Who is an effective leader?” has been a question posed by scholars, educators and practitioners of leadership for centuries. Historically, leadership positions, as well as research on leadership and effective leadership, was primarily reserved for men or masculine characteristics With most societies...
Music and Leadership
Empowering Global Leadership For The New Millennia
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
The classical music conductor is considered by many to be the perfect representation of the successful, empowering leader. Leading a classical music orchestra demands exceptional leadership qualities and styles. Twenty-first century thought leaders point out to the importance of interdisciplinary...
Damn the Torpedos!
Applying the Navy's Leadership Principles to Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Captain Fraser learned most every leadership trait he needed to know as a ship captain and as a senior business executive in the first sixty seconds of his induction into the United States Naval Academy.Those sixty seconds taught the leadership traits that were evident in Admiral David Farragut’s infamous...
The Lens of Leadership™
Being the Leader Others Want to Follow
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
The leadership exodus of the Baby Boomers is creating dramatically-accelerated promotions in organizations and leaving behind a significant leadership skills gap. • Do you aspire to build a truly high performance team? • Is your career not moving forward quickly enough? • Are you in a little...