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Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way : How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today's Schools.
Best-selling author Robert Ramsey gives you just what you need to avoid ""simply managing"" and to become a true leader instead!
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Where Have All the Good Leaders Gone?
- Can Everyday Administrators Learn "Leadership"? You Bet!
- How Leadership in Schools is Different
- The Difference between Effective School Leaders and Run-of-the-Mill Managers
- What It Takes to be an Effective School Leader Today
- Chapter 1
- Making Decisions
- Whose Decision is It?
- Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
- Input: How to Get It, Where to Get It, and When to Ignore It
- Data-Driven Decision Making: An Old Tool with New Importance
- Procrastination is a Decision-Sometimes, the Right One
- Real-World Steps in Decision Making
- Intuitive Leadership: When to Trust Your Instincts
- Chapter 2
- Planning for the Future
- The Planning Habit
- How Effective School Leaders Use the Visioning Process
- Strategic Planning by the Numbers
- The "SMART" Model for Goal Setting
- A Flowchart for Effective Planning
- Planning is a Secret Weapon
- Planning for Success
- Chapter 3
- Getting the Most Out of People
- Winning and Losing Leadership Styles
- Morale: Does It Matter Anymore?
- Shaping a School Culture That Works for Everyone
- Is Teamwork All It's Cracked up to Be?
- How to Get the Most Out of Students
- How to Get the Most Out of Staff
- How to Get the Most Out of the District Office, the School Board, and the Community
- How Effective Leaders Get the Most Out of Themselves
- Chapter 4
- Bringing about Change
- Change: Who Wants It?
- Don't Confuse Cosmetic Changes with Real Reform
- When to Change and When to Leave Well Enough Alone
- Understanding the Evolution of a Revolution: The Many Faces and Phases of Change
- Change Strategies That Really Work in Today's School Climate
- How to Sell New Ideas and Make Them Work.
- Chapter 5
- Spending Time
- Who Controls a Leader's Time?
- Setting Priorities: Paper Versus People
- How Effective School Leaders Spend 1,440 Minutes per Day
- The Ten Worst Time-Use Mistakes
- When and How to Say No
- Other Work-Smarter Ways to Save Time
- Chapter 6
- Handling Politics
- Politics and Schools
- Good Politics, Bad Politics
- How to be Politically Savvy: "Street Smarts" for School Leaders
- Everyday Political Strategies for Today's School Leaders
- Tips on Working with Political Leaders
- How to Get Noticed, Get Ahead, and Get Things Done without Playing Politics
- Chapter 7
- Dealing with Setbacks
- Setbacks Happen
- Worrying Only Makes It Worse
- What It Takes to Bounce Back
- Is There a Spin Doctor in the House?
- Fear Less, Hope More
- Building a Reputation as a Survivor
- Chapter 8
- Thinking Like a Leader
- Anticipatory Thinking: Getting the Jump on Problems
- What to Do When the Big Picture is a Kaleidoscope
- Multiscenario Thinking
- How to Stay Focused
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective School Leaders, with Apologies to Stephen Covey
- More Aids to Clear Thinking
- Chapter 9
- Looking and Acting Like an Effective School Leader
- Walk Like a Duck
- Image Control
- There's No One Right Way to Act-But There are Lots of Wrong Ways
- Maintaining a Professional Edge
- Manners Still Matter
- Paying Attention to the Little Things That Mark a Leader
- Chapter 10
- Using the Tools of Leadership
- Speaking and Writing Like a Leader
- How to Make Meetings Work for You
- Guidelines for Working with Committees
- Managing While Walking Around (MWWA): Leadership up Close and Personal
- Don't Overlook These Other Leadership Tools
- Chapter 11
- Communication Tips for School Leaders
- Understanding the Elements of School Communication
- More Writing Tips for School Leaders.
- More Speaking Tips for School Leaders
- Tips on Nonverbal Communication
- You Can't Kill the Grapevine
- A New Wrinkle: The One-Minute Manager Meets the Two-Minute Mind
- 25 Ways School Leaders Can Improve Communication
- Chapter 12
- Practicing Ethical Leadership
- Do Ethics Matter Anymore?
- Why Ethical Leadership in Schools is Different
- The Concept of "Moral Hazard"
- Using Values as a Moral Compass: This is No Time to Get Lost
- Principles for Principals and Other Administrators
- A Code of Ethics for Today's School Leaders
- Chapter 13
- A Final Word
- You Know You're a Leader When
- Leadership is a Choice
- Resource A: 105 Ways to be a Better School Leader Tomorrow
- Resource B: What Others Say about Leadership
- Resource C: A Beginning Bibliography for School Leaders
- Index.