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Leadership under construction : creating paths toward transformation

"Leadership under Construction: Creating Paths toward Transformation assumes the role of contractor by laying a foundation for aspiring leaders to build on during the lifelong journey of leadership self-development. This self-development coaching tool supports students and teachers in building a conceptual foundation for leadership."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2004
ScarecrowEducation, Lanham, Md., 2004
xv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
9781578861064, 1578861063
53289948
Part I: Strategic thinking: unity without uniformity
Section 1. Leadership role models and definitions
Discussion matrix
Qualities of leaders
Classroom presentation
Leadership characteristics
Good and bad leaders
Values you prefer in great leaders
Section 2. Character: the foundation of leadership
Touchstones of character
Defining important values
Defining personal beliefs
Constructing a purpose statement
Mission statement
Strategies for implementing mission
Section 3. Unity of vision
What is your vision?
Communicating your vision
Part II: Continuous improvement: transformance not promises
Section 1. Transformation in now an option
Managing change
Leadership style evaluation
Describing your organization
Evaluating where you fit
Leading and managing
Almost all change upsets the comfort of our minds
Section 2. Transformational strategies
Section 3. The measurement of transformation is performance, not promises
Transformational strategies
Value created as a result of quality performance
Linking the internal/external customer
Growth and transformation
The measurement
Personal assessment
Part 3: Building relationships: building a leadership culture
Section 1. Cultivating the foundations for developing leaders
Recruiting leaders-know your competencies
Achieving organizational balance evaluation sheet
Evaluating the people in your organization
Building an organization
Improving the foundation
Building relationships
Section 2. Developing a leadership culture: the leaders new work
Lifelong learning
Gaining understanding
Lifelong learning
Section 3. Divesting self and investing in others
Provide examples
Leadership coaching
Leadership qualities
Roadmap