If You Want to Lead, Not Just Manage

Foreword - Gerald W. Bracey Preface About the Author Introduction 1. Culture Shock: When Teachers Become Principals About This Chapter Reflective Point Role Preparation The Bottom Line 2. Stranger in a Strange Land: The School Environment About This Chapter Reflective Point Characteristics of School Districts The Bottom Line 3. One Size Doesn't Fit All: Matching Your Personality With the Role of Principal About This Chapter Reflective Point The Compatibility of Personal Attributes and the Principal's Role: Pitfalls The Bottom Line 4. Getting an 'A' in Ambiguity: Successfully Navigating the Complexity of School Culture About This Chapter Reflective Point The Middle Management Culture and the Accountability Subculture The Bottom Line 5. Are You Listening? Do You Understand? About This Chapter Reflective Point The Art and Skills of Careful Listening The Bottom Line 6. Let's Talk Aggregate Impression: How Leaders Lead About This Chapter Reflective Point Leadership: What Is It? Why Do We Need Leaders? What Do Leaders Do? How Do Leaders Do What They Do? A New Look at Leadership Now, Let's Talk Aggregate Impression Management of Others' Perceptions (Aggregate Impression) Through Role Assumption The Bottom Line 7. Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Blending the Best of Management and Leadership About This Chapter Reflective Point How Managers Manage The Bottom Line 8. Let's Meet So You Can "Ooh" and "Ahh" Over My Experience: Marketing Campaigns and Initiation Rituals About This Chapter Reflective Point Selling Yourself as "Prime Cut" What Is This Selection Process Game You've Been Invited to Play? The Bottom Line 9. Winning a Race without a Finish Line: Changing the Organization Without Alienating the Culture About This Chapter Reflective Point Tweaking the Culture Is Okay: The Two Sides of Change Managing Change Through Leadership The Bottom Line A Concluding Thought Index