The Unexpected Leader
Exploring the real nature of values, authenticity and moral purpose in education
Published on 22. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-78135-299-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Unexpected Leader is a book for school leaders who want to make a difference but feel they don't fit in to what is expected.
If you are a `hero head' or a Clint Eastwood type then choose another book. This isn't for you. This is a book about people. A book that humanises school leaders and tells their stories. A book where school leaders tell the truth about themselves and their journeys to leadership. It's a book of virtual mentors and peers for anybody in or aspiring to school leadership - especially those who have doubted themselves and wondered how they could square effective leadership with being their authentic selves.
Iesha Small wrote The Unexpected Leader as a school leader who looked around and didn't see many role models who shared her experiences and who were honest about being things that others didn't expect in a leadership package - introverted, unassuming, honest about mental ill health. In this book she has gathered 12 school leaders and told their stories alongside her own - in words and photographs - to draw out the key learning points that will benefit many others who are on a similar journey.
If you are a `hero head' or a Clint Eastwood type then choose another book. This isn't for you. This is a book about people. A book that humanises school leaders and tells their stories. A book where school leaders tell the truth about themselves and their journeys to leadership. It's a book of virtual mentors and peers for anybody in or aspiring to school leadership - especially those who have doubted themselves and wondered how they could square effective leadership with being their authentic selves.
Iesha Small wrote The Unexpected Leader as a school leader who looked around and didn't see many role models who shared her experiences and who were honest about being things that others didn't expect in a leadership package - introverted, unassuming, honest about mental ill health. In this book she has gathered 12 school leaders and told their stories alongside her own - in words and photographs - to draw out the key learning points that will benefit many others who are on a similar journey.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Carmarthen
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78135-299-1 (9781781352991)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Iesha Small | Ian Gilbert
The Unexpected Leader
Exploring the real nature of values, authenticity and moral purpose in education
E-Book
01/2019
Independent Thinking Press
€22.79
Available for download
Persons
Iesha Small is an experienced school leader and a researcher and writer who is passionate about social change, equality and helping people to use their uniqueness to add value to their work. She is also frequently asked to speak on the subjects of education, leadership and challenging the status quo. After suffering a nervous breakdown in 2011, Iesha started using photography to improve her mental health and to explore people's stories. This journey ultimately led to her becoming an author. Since establishing Independent Thinking 25 years ago, Ian Gilbert has made a name for himself across the world as a highly original writer, editor, speaker, practitioner and thinker and is someone who the IB World magazine has referred to as one of the world's leading educational visionaries.The author of several books, and the editor of many more, Ian is known by thousands of teachers and young people across the world for his award-winning Thunks books. Thunks grew out of Ian's work with Philosophy for Children (P4C), and are beguiling yet deceptively powerful little philosophical questions that he has created to make children's - as well as their teachers' - brains hurt.Ian's growing collection of bestselling books has a more serious side too, without ever losing sight of his trademark wit and straight-talking style. The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools, born from personal family experience, is finding a home in schools across the world, and The Working Class - a massive collaborative effort he instigated and edited - is making a genuine difference to the lives of young people from some of the poorest backgrounds.A unique writer and editor, there is no other voice like Ian Gilbert's in education today.