Leading Every Day: 124 Actions for Effective Leadership

By Susan E. Mundry, Katherine E. Stiles, Katherine Stiles, et al.

Book Overview

"Leading Every Day is at once inspirational and informative, personal and professional, and always engaging. The authors have provided leaders and potential leaders with a tool for their daily professional growth."
Harold Pratt, President
National Science Teachers Association

"This book is a superb combination of reflection, motivation, and moving into action. In its concise, profound, and accessible simplicity, it helps readers reinforce their leadership roles from the inside out."
Page Keeley, Science and Technology Specialist
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
Augusta, ME

"It weaves leadership and change into the fabric of who we are as human beings. It touched my soul."

Gwen Johnson, Program Director
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
Aiken, SC

What is leadership. . .and who is a leader? Leadership is practiced every day in big and small ways?it′s a matter of personal insights and inspiration as much as practical day-to-day accomplishment?and this is the book that can initiate and nurture leadership in educators at all levels.

A one-of-a-kind guidebook for administrators and teachers, Leading Every Day offers inspiration and opportunities for reflection in a unique and accessible new way. Four separate chapters cover four major aspects of leadership:

Everyday Leadership Everyday Change Leading Learning Leading Effective Groups

Each chapter is divided into thirty-one days (one for each day of the month) in a powerful fourfold "daybook" format. On each page, educators will find cogent quotations, inspiring stories, and invitations for larger discourse that can literally change lives.

This inspiring book was written especially for people leading educational reform initiatives, but the content applies to all leaders. The stories, ideas, and examples will help veteran and aspiring leaders alike enhance their leadership practices . . . every day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076194513X
• ISBN13: 9780761945130
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Corwin Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 7.0" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

A unique and "user friendly" guidebook

Collaboratively written by education experts Joyce Kaser, Susan Mundry, Katherine E. Stiles, and Susan Loucks-Horsley, Leading Every Day: 124 Actions For Effective Leadership is a unique and "user friendly" guidebook written especially for administrators and teachers. Offering a wealth of tips, tricks, techniques, as well as practical and applicable advice in a day-by-day absorption format which is aptly complemented by daily reflections and space for personal notes, Leading Every Day is recommended as an excellent supplementary resource offering sound advice and solid practices.