Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today's Schools
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 1999
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-8039-6770-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a thought-provoking and 'must-have' book for every practicing principal's library. Easy-to-apply examples." -- Les R. Bork, Principal "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." -- Carol R. Johnson, Superintendent "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." -- Michael E. Hickey, SuperintendentMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-6770-0 (9780803967700)
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Robert D. Ramsey
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way
How to Be a More Effective Leader in Today's Schools
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Person
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.
Content
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
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