Description
Book SynopsisCharacterized by complex challenges and constant change, a school or district hierarchy can prove a difficult setting in which to establish high-performance teamwork. Dynamic Educational Leadership Teams: From Mine to Ours provides school and district level leaders with research-based, practical guidelines that they can use to create high-performing school- and district-level leadership teams. High-performing leadership teams emerge with adherence to Jennings's set of simple behavioral principles, which he teaches through a sequence of interactive activities on subjects ranging from promoting productive conflict to demanding mutual and individual accountability.
Trade ReviewThis is an easy read and descriptive. It's also solution-based. Jennings' suggestions for individual and team accountability are intriguing ideas that lend themselves to the development of a culture in which new ideas flourish. * School Administrator, December 2009 *
In Dynamic Educational Leadership Teams: From Mine to Ours, Matthew Jennings shows how professional learning Communities and other school teams can dramatically increase their effectiveness by also becoming dynamic leadership teams. Readers will find this book engaging, sensible, and ground breaking. -- Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to Leadership Teams Chapter 2 Composing a Leadership Team Chapter 3 Creating a Common and Compelling Purpose Chapter 4 Building Trust Chapter 5 Promoting Productive Conflict Chapter 6 Establishing Collective Commitment Chapter 7 Demanding Mutual and Individual Accountability Chapter 8 Focusing on Collective Results Chapter 9 Leadership Team Meetings Chapter 10 Appendix
