Creating a Successful Leadership Style

Principles of Personal Strategic Planning

By (author) Charles A. Bonnici, Bruce S. Cooper PhD, emeritus professor a

Publication date:

16 May 2011

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

240x164mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781610480802

Creating a Successful Leadership Style gives practical applications supported by real experiences. It presents the actual situations a principal or assistant principal faces on a day-to-day basis and provides strategies to address them. These strategies derive from a leadership style that is people oriented and designed to elicit positive outcomes and responses.

Charles A. Bonnici presents several principles of educational leadership which, taken together, help the school leader develop a leadership style that is people oriented, humane, and effective. In the course of the regular school day, a school leader is rarely asked what management theory is being implemented in a school. Instead, the principal and assistant principal are faced with a multitude of immediate and long-range problems and issues that need real-life solutions.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Always Be a Role Model
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Don't Exacerbate: Defuse
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Speak Little; Listen a Lot
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Give the Credit, Take the Blame
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: People Are More Important Than Paper
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Let Your People Fly
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Be Aware of Workplace Issues
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Lay the Groundwork: Get All Your Ducks in a Row
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Maximize the Positives; Minimize the Negatives
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Monitor the Communication
Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Remember the Support Staff
Chapter 15 Chapter 12: Mind the Details
Chapter 16 Chapter 13: Stay Within the Box and Remember: Life is Unfair
Chapter 17 Chapter 14: "Always Remember What's Important"
Chapter 18 Appendix A
Chapter 19 Appendix B
Chapter 20 Appendix C
Chapter 21 Appendix D
Chapter 22 Acknowledgments

Prospective school leaders who were not fortunate enough to have had Professor Bonnici in the classroom will find his wisdom delivered in common-sense laden and relevant anecdotes. Bonnici provides a practicality not found in most educational leadership texts.