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Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today's Schools

Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today's Schools


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About the Book

This comprehensive leadership guide offers prospective and practising administrators practical lessons on how to think, act, plan, set priorities, manage time, and make decisions effectively. The author identifies all of the specific skills, attitudes, and habits which separate effective leaders from run-of-the-mill school managers.

Table of Contents:
Preface About the Author Introduction 1. Making Decisions 2. Planning for the Future 3. Getting the Most Out of People 4. Changing Things 5. Spending Time 6. Handling Politics 7. Dealing With Setbacks 8. How to Think Like an Effective School Leader 9. How to Look and Act Like an Effective School Leader 10. Using the Tools of Leadership 11. Communication Tips for School Leaders 12. Ethics for Today′s School Leaders 13. What Can Machiavelli Teach Today′s School Leaders? 14. A Final Word Resource A: 101 Ways to Be a Better School Leader Tomorrow Resource B: What Others Say About Leadership Resource C: A Beginning Bibliography for School Leaders

About the Author :
Robert D. Ramsey is a lifelong educator who has served as a "leader of leaders" in three award-winning school districts in two different states. His frontline experience includes positions a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, curriculum director, assistant superintendent, acting superintendent, and adjunct professor. Most recently, he has served as associate superintendent in the St. Louis Park (MN) schools, where every school has been designated by the federal government as a National School of Excellence. Ramsey is now working full-time as a freelance writer in Minneapolis.

Review :
"This is a thought-provoking and ‘must-have’ book for every practicing principal’s library. Easy-to-apply examples."   "Practical wisdom and an insightful perspective — an easy-to-read reference and guide. Ramsey’s knowledge and personal experience are evident as he walks you through real-life challenges, focuses on significant ethical issues, and guides you to powerful personal and professional effectiveness. An absolute must for superintendents and principals." "Full of sage advice on leadership. A battlefield manual for leadership practitioners who find themselves embroiled in the challenges we all face. Provides the insights, inspiration, and interpretations that help translate the theory of management into here-and-now reality."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780803967717
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Sub Title: How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today's Schools
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0803967713
  • Publisher Date: 30 Mar 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 320 gr


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