Decide to Lead

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I found Mary Herrmann's Decide to Lead: Building Capacity and Leveraging Change through Decision-Making to be an exceptional and insightful book. I would encourage all superintendents and those aspiring to be superintendents to thoughtfully read this book. The importance of the intentionality of decision-making cannot be underestimated in the modern superintendency. -- David R. Schuler, PhD, superintendent, High SchoPhD, 2015 - 2016 AASA President; 2018 Illinois Superintendent of the Year; 2018 AASA National Superintendent of the Year As school administrators, we are faced with making hundreds of decisions a day. By understanding the complexity of decision-making and learning specific strategies to improve our skills, we have an improved opportunity to support the students and teachers we serve. Dr. Herrmann provides us with a road map towards improvement in a practical and realistic manner from which we will all benefit. I highly endorse her efforts to make us all better leaders! -- Diane Rutledge, PhD, executive director of the Large Unit District Association, Springfield, Illinois A complete guide to the complexity of one of the most important tasks of leadership: decision making. Readers will experience the importance of knowing one's self, understanding one's communities and environments, defining the context for problem solving, and embracing the thoughtful implementation of the decision. Decide to Lead provides guidance to new and experienced leaders in all arenas. A true road map in decision-making. -- Keith Marty, PhD, superintendent of the Parkway School District, Chesterfield, Missouri