School leadership from A to Z : practical lessons from successful schools and businesses / / Robert D. Ramsey ; acquisitions editor Robert D. Clouse ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827602803321
• Autore: Ramsey Robert D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003; ©2003
• ISBN: 1-4833-6043-1; 1-4833-6262-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2
• Soggetti: Educational leadership - United States; School administrators - United States; School management and organization - United States
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter A - Attitude and Ambiguity Tolerance""; ""Chapter B - Built-in Backbone""; ""Chapter C - Coaching, Culture, and Common Sense""; ""Chapter D - Do the Next Right Thing""; ""Chapter E - Exceeding Expectations""; ""Chapter F - Fun and the Fish Market Philosophy""; ""Chapter G - Goombah and the Golden Rule""; ""Chapter H - History and Heroes""; ""Chapter I - Inform, Instruct, and Inspire""; ""Chapter J - Jacks or Better""; ""Chapter K - “Kick Butt and Hugâ€?""; ""Chapter L - Low-Maintenance Leadership""""Chapter M - Metaphors and Morale""; ""Chapter N - Networking and Nit-Picking""; ""Chapter O - Optimism or Else""; ""Chapter P - Pâ€?s and Qâ€?s""; ""Chapter Q - Quid Pro Quo""; ""Chapter R - Removing Obstacles""; ""Chapter S - Straight Talk""; ""Chapter T - Teflon Tenacity""; ""Chapter U - U-Turns""; ""Chapter V - Vision and Vocabulary""; ""Chapter W - Work and Play""; ""Chapter X - X-Ray Thinking""; ""Chapter Y - Yin and Yang""; ""Chapter Z - Zen for School Leaders""; ""A Final Word""; ""Resource 1 - A New Vocabulary for School Leaders""; ""Resource 2 - What Business Leaders Say about Leadership that School ; Leaders Need to Hear""""Resource 3 - Business Books You might want to Read to become a better School Leader""; ""Resource 4 - Borrowing from Businessâ€?Bright Ideas You can Use in Your School Starting Tomorrow Morning""
• Sommario/riassunto: Using a fresh approach to leadership, this resource blends proven traditional success secrets for school leaders with newfound strategies and unique methods from businesses and organizations outside the education community.