Changing Leadership for Changing

CHANGING LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGING TIMES

“This is an important and powerful book which speaks directly to education leaders in schools, local authorities and central government.”
------------Times Educational Supplement

“This is a text that should be read by anyone seriously interested in school leadership. . . Leithwood et al construct a compelling argument through the use of case studies and quantitative research as to why the techniques involved in transformational leadership will assist school leaders in meeting the challenges of the next century.”
-------------International Journal of Education Management

Envisioning the nature of schools of the future is more art than science. But the response of today’s schools to challenges presented by such forces as technology, changing demographics, and government austerity offer useful clues. As a minimum, schools will need to be able to thrive on uncertainty, have considerably greater capacities for collective problem solving than they do at present, and meet a much array of student needs. Changing Leadership for Changing Times examines the types of leadership that are likely to be productive in creating and sustaining such schools. Based on a long term study of
‘transformational’ leadership in school restructuring contexts, the chapters in this book offer a highly readable account of such leadership grounded in a substantial body of empirical evidence.