Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle - Softcover

Kirtman, Lyle

9780132778954: Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132778955 ISBN 13: 9780132778954

Publisher: Pearson, 2013

Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle offers a new perspective on educational leadership and pinpoints seven key competencies leaders need to succeed in education today. Drawing on theory from education and industry, the author presents a broader view of leadership by focusing on universal traits that yield consistent results regardless of the environment. Chapters outline how to assess your leadership style, build high performance teams, improve the hiring process, and avoid common pitfalls. Case studies and development plans help readers apply leadership concepts to specific education challenges.

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Review:

"Lyle Kirtman’s Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle, is a needed and welcome addition to the many previous books on leadership in modern-day education. Readers will find it informative, insightful, and most important, immediately useful."

-Robert J. Marzano, CEO, Marzano Research Laboratory and co-author of School Leadership That Works

“I would recommend this book as a must read in any leadership course...a must have book for superintendents.”

“I am a 20 year leader with 12 years in my current assignment. After reading this book I was inspired to self-reflect and share ideas from the book with colleagues. I have made a personal commitment to push for coaching and support for administrators in this region.”

-Margarete Couture, Elementary Principal, South Seneca Elementary School, Interlaken, NY

From the Back Cover:

Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle

by Lyle J. Kirtman

Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle offers a new perspective on educational leadership. Using data and research, it pinpoints seven key competencies leaders need to succeed in education today. Drawing on theory from education and industry, the author presents a broader view of leadership by focusing on universal traits that yield consistent results regardless of the environment. Chapters outline how to assess your leadership style, build high performance teams, improve the hiring process, and avoid common pitfalls. Case studies and development plans help readers apply leadership concepts to specific education challenges.

-Robert J. Marzano, CEO, Marzano Research Laboratory and co-author of School Leadership That Works

Lyle J. Kirtman, CEO of Future Management Systems Inc., has been a leadership development consultant for 30 years. Future Management Systems specializes in conflict management, coaching, executive searches, and strategic planning. Examples of the varied clients that Future Management Systems has served beyond education include Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Channel 5 TV in Boston, Farm Aid, Cisco Systems, and the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS).

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