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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797438103321

Autore

Lovely Suzette <1958->

Titolo

Setting leadership priorities : what's necessary, what's nice, and what's got to go / / Suzette Lovely ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4833-6374-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

371.2011

Soggetti

School management and organization

Educational leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Leadership for Ordinary Folks""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - The Information Invasion""; ""Global Communication: Friend or Foe?""; ""Overshooting the Mark""; ""California�s Billion-Dollar Experiment""; ""Learning to Set Limits""; ""Conclusion: Turn off the Spigot""; ""Chapter 2 - Teaching Leaders to Let Go""; ""Beef up Communication""; ""“Selective Abandonment� at Work""; ""Make Room for the Essentials""; ""It Takes Courage to Say No""; ""Conclusion: Hope is on the Way""; ""Chapter 3 - Business as Unusual""

""Turning Data into Knowledge""""Solutions for Overcoming Obstacles""; ""Sow the Seeds of Success""; ""Conclusion: It�s Elementary""; ""Chapter 6 - Is the Sky Really Falling? Distinguishing a Bona Fide Crisis from Make-Believe""; ""The Story of Urgent Ernie""; ""No Need to “FUD� about it""; ""Fighting the Adrenaline Rush""; ""School Leadership is Not an Emergency""; ""The Throes of Codependency""; ""Conclusion: Blow out the Candles and Move on""; ""Epilogue: Let the Odyssey Begin""; ""Balance inside Disequilibrium""; ""Courting Successors""; ""Pass the Mate""

""If at First You Don�t Succeed, Try, Try again""""Just Do it""; ""Story Board: Mr. McVicker�s Breakthrough""; ""Resource A: Leadership Lessons in 30 Minutes or Less""; ""1. Getting Results with Time-Efficient Meetings""; ""2. The Classroom Walk�bout""; ""3. Passing out



Psychological Paychecks""; ""Resource B: Sample Complaint Procedures""; ""Complaint Procedures�BP 1312.1 (a)""; ""Complaint Procedures�BP 1312.1 (b)""; ""Resource C: Testing Your Organizational DNA""; ""Resource D: Who is Riding Our Bus?""; ""Personal Inventory""; ""Personal Profile Survey""; ""Style Descriptors""

""Team Activity""""Reference Guide for Improved Team Relationships""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Learn to focus on essentials and strengthen your priority, time, and task management skills to create balance, enjoyment, and satisfaction in your professional life.