Improving Your Leadership Intelligence: A Field Book for K-12 Leaders

Based on Leadership Intelligence: Navigating to Your True North, this book Leadership Intelligence, A Fieldbook for School Leaders, is a practical tool to aid both the novice and experienced administrator grow their leadership skillset. The fieldguide is replete with scenarios of actual K12 school incidents (including solutions and rationales) to guide the leader through analysis and reflection. Additionally, current and supporting readings along with various activities are included to aid the leader attain an improved leadership imprint for life.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction: Why a Fieldbook? Situational Judgment Tests Chapter 1: Lessons on CREDIBILITY Tickets to the Big Game Under the Influence Hot Times Bomb Threat Aspiring Leaders Medically Incompetent A Hard Pill to Swallow Exception to the Rule Delegation of Authority Living the Life A Snapshot of Reality Failure to Launch The First Question is Often the Toughes Name Calling Chapter 2: Credibility: SJT’s Authors’ Options Chapter 3: Lessons on COMPETENCE Leadership Orientation Gun in the Classroom The List Fighting with the Principal The Audit There’s a Piano in My Ear Lights Out You’re not the Boss of Me It’s not Rocket Science! Down at the Tank Mr. Mayor Yelling To Be or Not to Be? Testing Strikes Again The Bottom Line Erasing 100 ‘Atta-Boys’ Chapter 4: COMPETENCE SJT’s Authors’ Options Chapter 5: Lessons on the ability to INSPIRE On the Picket Line The Class Ring A Cheerleading Conundrum Get rid of the Leadership Class The Budget is Much More than a Budget It’s Not My Job A Wanted Man Define Nasty A Complex Puzzle with Many Pieces Publish or Perish An Apple a Day Time for an Intervention From the Heart Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back Chapter 6: Ability to INSPIRE SJT’s Options Chapter 7: Lessons on VISION A Vision Social Media A Storm Is Brewing Little White Lies Distributed Leadership Duh A New LeaderI Can’t see the Forest for the Trees An Audience Demanding to Defend Lunch is Never Really Free On the Road Again Succession Edward Scissorhands Chapter 8: VISION SJT’s Authors’ Options Chapter 9: Lessons on EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLS Advice to a Close Associate Ma’am Step Away from the Car A New Schedule Feet of Clay Sweet Clarity Honestly? Fun at Work? Compassion Of Buses and Bikinis Twins Self-Knowledge Does Orientation Matter? Collective Wisdom Disappointment What Goes Around Comes Around Take Two Empathy Cookies, Anyone? Chapter 10: EI/SOFT SKILLS SJT’s Authors’ Options Authors’ Solutions CREDIBILITY COMPETENCE ABILITY TO INSPIRE VISION EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLS Appendix A – SMALL GROUP CARDS Appendix B – LSI Interpretation Chart Appendix C— Activities to Improve Your Leadership Intelligence Notes

About the Author :
Wanda Maulding Green is an educational leadership faculty member at the University of South Alabama and has served in leadership roles in both K12 and higher education. She is co-author of the book, Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North. Edward Leonard is a retired school superintendent and higher education administrator. He currently teaches leadership courses at the University of South Alabama and is co-author of the book, Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North.

Review :
Finally, we have a practical guide to help real-world school leaders navigate real-world school issues! Wanda Green and Ed Leonard have used their considerable talent and experience to thoughtfully craft a guidebook which marries brainy leadership philosophy to the sometimes unpredictable world of leadership practice. The reader is presented with realistic and challenging scenarios and given the opportunity for reflection and decision-making practice. Improving Your Leadership Intelligence is everything you didn’t learn in grad school and should be required reading for all school administrators. Wanda Green and Ed Leonard have done it again! These two individuals really understand school leadership. They have been outstanding administrators, they’ve researched leadership as highly respected university professors, and they’ve helped others to become outstanding leaders as well. Improving Your Leadership Intelligence is a great resource: insightful content, thoughtful vignettes, and terrific opportunities for reflection. This is a must for your professional library! Maulding Green and Leonard once again demonstrate their strong understanding of and research in leadership. Both authors have a history of extensive leadership across the education spectrum. Improving Your Leadership Intelligence is a valuable resource for individuals looking to enhance their own leadership skills or for individuals working to help develop other leaders. The job of the school principal is a very demanding and challenging one. Balancing the needs of the students with the hundreds of decisions one has to make each day is a daunting task, under the best of circumstances. This tool, The Leadership Intelligence Field Guide for K-12 Leaders, is a great resource for the novice and seasoned administrator alike. It provides the opportunity for a principal to discuss potential scenarios with a colleague prior to actually encountering them in person. It is relevant, helpful, and has its underpinnings in theory. In Improving your Leadership Intelligence, Drs. Maulding Green and Leonard have created an excellent guide for current and aspiring leaders. There is little dispute regarding the connection between effective leadership with teacher/school effectiveness relating to student learning and organizational health. This resource blends best practice theory such as emotional intelligence, feedback, coaching, and decision-making with practical application and practice through scenarios, to assist leaders in navigating the complex and constantly changing world of school leadership.