Sustainable leadership

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Author:

Hargreaves, Andy.

ISBN:

9780787968380

Personal Author:

Hargreaves, Andy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2006.

Physical Description:

xii, 325 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Jossey-Bass leadership library in education

Series Title:

Jossey-Bass leadership library in education

Contents:

Introduction : sustainability and unsustainability : the choices for change -- Principle 1. Depth : learning and integrity -- Principle 2. Length : endurance and succession -- Principle 3. Breadth : distribution, not delegation -- Principle 4. Justice : others and ourselves -- Principle 5. Diversity : complexity and cohesion -- Principle 6. Resourcefulness : restraint and renewal -- Principle 7. Conservation : history and legacy -- Conclusion : sustainability in action : a meal, not a menu.

Abstract:

"In Sustainable Leadership, Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink address one of the most important and often neglected aspects of leadership: sustainability. The authors set out a compelling and original framework of seven principles for sustainable leadership characterized by Depth of learning and real achievement rather than superficially tested performance; Length of impact over the long haul, beyond individual leaders, through effectively managed succession; Breadth of influence, where leadership becomes a distributed responsibility; Justice in ensuring that leadership actions do no harm to and actively benefit students in other schools; Diversity that replaces standardization and alignment with diversity and cohesion; Resourcefulness that conserves and renews leaders' energy and doesn't burn them out; and Conservation that builds on the best of the past to create an even better future."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

School management and organization.

Educational leadership.

Added Author:

Fink, Dean, 1936-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005013835.html

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In Sustainable Leadership , Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink address one of the most important and often neglected aspects of leadership: sustainability. The authors set out a compelling and original framework of seven principles for sustainable leadership characterized by Depth of learning and real achievement rather than superficially tested performance; Length of impact over the long haul, beyond individual leaders, through effectively managed succession; Breadth of influence, where leadership becomes a distributed responsibility; Justice in ensuring that leadership actions do no harm to and actively benefit students in other schools; Diversity that replaces standardization and alignment with diversity and cohesion; Resourcefulness that conserves and renews leaders' energy and doesn't burn them out; and Conservation that builds on the best of the past to create an even better future.

This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education--a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools.