Leading for results
Subtitle: transforming teaching, learning, and relationships in schools
By: Dennis Sparks.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Corwin Press, a Sage Publications Co.; NSDC
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, CA; [Oxford, OH]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781412949699; 9781412949705
Subjects: School management and organization; Educational leadership
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : change ourselves to change organizations; title: How to use this book; title: Transformation through clarity and creation; title: Use fundamental choices to create your life; title: Clarify your intentions; title: Establish stretch goals; title: Identify multiple ways to achieve your goals; title: Find the trim tab; title: Apply the 80/20 principle; title: Practice "satisficing"; title: Determine root causes; title: Develop a theory of action and use storytelling to communicate it; title: Gain clarity through writing, speaking, and reflecting on action; title: Provide teachable points of view; title: Transformation through interpersonal influence; title: Tell your truth; title: Use candor to assess current reality; title: Use genuine dialogue; title: Engage in dialogue-like conversations; title: Listen to others in a deep, committed way; title: Use stillness and silence as learning tools; title: Make requests to initiate action and create results; title: Make and keep promises; title: Reduce questionasking, increase declarative statements; title: Minimize the language of obligation; title: Decrease the use of cause-effect language; title: Stand up for your point of view; title: Transformation through a culture that promotes professional learning, teamwork, and continuous improvement; title: Shape school culture to improve teaching and sustain competent teachers; title: Create successful schools; title: Promote breakthrough thinking; title: Attend to leaders' inner development; title: Recognize our best selves; title: Increase the use of signature strengths; title: Enhance your personal energy; title: Build relationships to sustain positive energy; title: Address the fundamental barriers to professional learning and teamwork in schools; title: Spread positive emotions throughout the organization; title: Address anxiety in the schoolhouse; title: Appeal to the heart as well as the head; title: Transformation through professional learning and doing; title: Design powerful professional learning for all educators; title: Match professional development goals and methods with student outcomes; title: Bridge the knowing-doing gap; title: Amplify positive deviance in schools; title: Create professional learning that alters educators' brains; title: Install next action thinking; title: Change habits; title: Sustain the conversation.