This resource is the most important book in years focusing on the preparation and development of school leaders. Comprehensive in scope and extremely readable, Skills for Successful 21st Century School Leaders provides a complete overview of the knowledge base and skills for successful school leaders. The publication is based on the standards recently developed by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and state education agencies.

School superintendents provide leadership and inspiration in school districts across the country. They must be skilled collaborators who can rally resources to support better education for all children living in our multicultural society. Professional standards will help to ensure excellence in the American school superintendency. Developed by a special AASA Commission on Standards for the Superintendency and reviewed by a national 'Jury of 100' business and education leaders, these eight standards combine administrative knowledge with research on performance goals, competencies and skills in the following areas: leadership and district culture; policy and governance; communications and community relations; organizational management; curriculum planning and development; instructional management; human resources management; and the values and ethics of leadership.

Well-educated, charismatic leaders who can improve systems to enrich the lives of others are needed today more than ever. In this updated edition, John Hoyle identifies vision, motivation, flexibility, and openness to invention and opportunity as key characteristics of effective leaders, and challenges school administrators to think outside the box-to explore the vital links between effective leadership and visioning for the future. Illustrating new and vivid team building exercises, this excellent resource guides educators striving to lead, inspire, and motivate students and team members toward positive personal visions and a successful life and career. The book also: o Explains the relationship between leadership and futuring o Describes seven visionary leaders o Links motivation research to contemporary organizations o Offers inspirational stories about successful visionaries o Provides step-by-step futuring techniques for workshops o Suggests how leaders create, communicate, and put forth a service vision Leadership and Futuring is about dynamic change based on visionary leadership not just for today, but for the future - in education, business, government and any field.

Well-educated, charismatic leaders who can improve systems to enrich the lives of others are needed today more than ever. In this updated edition, John Hoyle identifies vision, motivation, flexibility, and openness to invention and opportunity as key characteristics of effective leaders, and challenges school administrators to think outside the box-to explore the vital links between effective leadership and visioning for the future. Illustrating new and vivid team building exercises, this excellent resource guides educators striving to lead, inspire, and motivate students and team members toward positive personal visions and a successful life and career. The book also: o Explains the relationship between leadership and futuring o Describes seven visionary leaders o Links motivation research to contemporary organizations o Offers inspirational stories about successful visionaries o Provides step-by-step futuring techniques for workshops o Suggests how leaders create, communicate, and put forth a service vision Leadership and Futuring is about dynamic change based on visionary leadership not just for today, but for the future - in education, business, government and any field.

The Superintendent as CEO is unique; it is both the core, how-to professional book for superintendents and it supports the very popular movement of training superintendents to have an executive/CEO mentality that complements their educational background. It has a strong research base and it accommodates the ELCC standards required for educational administration programmes to get or retain certification, while also following the AASA Professional Standards for the Superintendency (K-12.

The Superintendent as CEO is unique; it is both the core, how-to professional book for superintendents and it supports the very popular movement of training superintendents to have an executive/CEO mentality that complements their educational background. It has a strong research base and it accommodates the ELCC standards required for educational administration programmes to get or retain certification, while also following the AASA Professional Standards for the Superintendency (K-12.

Through vivid, real-world examples and an engaging approach to effective leadership, visionary author John Hoyle masterfully illustrates the key to success in any industry, whether the setting is the classroom or the boardroom. Leadership and the Force of Love is a profound yet straightforward exploration of how leaders can inspire others to greatness through these six key actions:

• Visioning
• Communicating
• Teamworking
• Empowering
• Mentoring
• Evaluating

Though educators are frequently faced with the challenges of politics, hostility, selfishness, and violence, Hoyle demonstrates that overcoming these obstacles requires teamwork, motivation, empowerment, and communication. While many have written about moral leadership, the notion of leading with love has been largely ignored. Hoyle discusses the implications for love in leadership and affirms once and for all that if you can?t love you can?t lead.