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Do your attempts at education reform seem to stall? This title shares the strategies, experience, and results of educators who have put motion leadership into practice.
Providing practical strategies for becoming a better leader, this book includes interactive elements to help students apply leadership concepts to their own lives. It shares the strategies, experience, and results of educators who have put motion leadership into practice.
How motion leadership "moves" educators to action! In this indispensable sequel to the bestseller Motion Leadership, Fullan shares the real-life strategies and results of educators who have used motion leadership to propel entire organizations and systems forward. Success stories from the US and around the world illustrate how educators can use a small number of specific actions to generate momentum for lasting change. Fullan addresses: Creating and leading movement in the right direction and at the right time Implementing a "ready-fire-aim" mindset Emphasizing the importance of collaboration Forging relationships while handling resistance Establishing your change stance in order to get better results
We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. Peter G. Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Sixth Edition Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities worldwide, the market-leading text owes its success to the unique way in which it combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and practical exercises that help students apply what they learn. Each chapter follows a consistent format, allowing students to contrast the various theories. Three case studies in each chapter provide practical examples of the theories discussed. Frank LaFasto, Carl Larson, The Humanitarian Leader in Each of Us: 7 Choices That Shape a Socially Responsible Life Susie Scott Krabacher, a former Playboy centerfold, devotes her life to helping women and children in the desperate slums of Haiti. Ryan Hreljac, at age 6, launches an organization to build wells in countries where water is scarce. Larry Bradley, a U.S. army major in Iraq, mobilizes an international effort to save the life of one local boy. Victor Dukay, himself orphaned at a young age, builds a center in Tanzania for children who have lost parents to AIDS. Inderjit Khurana, a teacher in India, creates a network of train “platform schools” to educate impoverished street children. How do seemingly ordinary people come to take such extraordinary action? Best-selling authors Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson embarked on a 5-year quest to find out. In this book, they offer a fascinating look into the origins of humanitarian leadership in the lives of 31 individuals. Based on their groundbreaking research, LaFasto and Larson trace a path of 7 pivotal choices. The path begins with connecting deeply and personally with the needs of others and culminates in leading the way for more people to get involved. The first 7 chapters of this book tell the stories of this remarkable group of leaders and describe their choices. The final 3 chapters explore the impact of 31 people on the world’s problems, the relationship between helping and personal happiness, and practical advice for getting started in a helping effort. In this inspiring book, LaFasto and Larson show how each of us can translate our own good intentions into good deeds--and enrich our own lives along the way.
We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. Peter G. Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Sixth Edition Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities worldwide, the market-leading text owes its success to the unique way in which it combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and practical exercises that help students apply what they learn. Each chapter follows a consistent format, allowing students to contrast the various theories. Three case studies in each chapter provide practical examples of the theories discussed. Peter G. Northouse, Leadership Interactive eBook: Theory and Practice, Sixth Edition This dynamic eBook provides self-assessment questionnaires with saveable results, integrated links to engaging video and audio as well as access to complete academic and professional articles, all from the same pages found in the printed text. You will also have access to study tools such as highlighting, bookmarking, note-taking, an organized media library that allows you to see and access all media assets in each chapter, and more!
We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. Northouse, Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, 2e "Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice demonstrates Northouse's depth and breadth of experience as an academician and consultant. He is patently passionate about communicating not only the essence of leadership but the manner in which thoughtful leadership can transform people, communities, and organizations." -Journal of Leadership Studies Providing practical strategies for becoming a better leader, this bestselling book includes interactive elements to help students apply leadership concepts to their own lives. Fullan, All Systems Go: The Change Imperative for Whole System Reform A powerful approach to sustainable school system change that involves all stakeholders! Changing whole education systems for the better, as measured by student achievement, requires coordinated leadership at the school, community, district, and government levels. Based on Michael Fullan's work with school districts and large systems in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, this resource lays out a comprehensive action plan for achieving whole system reform. System-wide reform becomes possible when educational leaders build collective capacity and where individual teachers, schools, and districts are committed to working together to increase their effectiveness, rather than competing against one another. This book examines: Successful reform initiatives in the United States and abroad Actions and conditions that have ensured traction and sustainability Ways to avoid common errors in action, funding, and policy New reforms at the national level that can impact learning right now All Systems Go shows educators what must be done to strip away distractions and move an entire system forward.
Cycling from practice to theory and back again, this concise book provides the skinny on motion leadership, or how to “move” individuals, institutions, and whole systems forward.
