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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| We Know What to Do, so Why Do We Fail? | |
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| The "Good to Great" Research Project | |
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| Leadership Characteristics of Level 5 Executives | |
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| Leadership Behaviors of Level 5 Executives | |
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| Two Behaviors From the Collins Study | |
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| Great School Executives Build Relationships | |
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| The School Principals in Our Study | |
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| Leadership Qualities Exhibited | |
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| Reflection | |
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| First, Build Relationships | |
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| A Behavior Different From the Behaviors of the Level 5 Executive | |
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| Mr. Bond and Field Elementary School | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and Building Relationships | |
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| Comparison Principals and Building Relationships | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Exercise Your Professional Will, but Stay Humble | |
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| Issues With Identifying Personal Humility in School Principals | |
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| Personal Humility: The Evidence Differs | |
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| Shy and Self-Effacing Leaders | |
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| Unreserved and Enthusiastic Leaders | |
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| Comparison Principals | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Credit Others, Accept the Blame | |
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| Additional Data for Compelling Modesty | |
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| Evidence for Sustainability of Greatness | |
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| Evidence for Compelling Modesty | |
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| Mr. Unpretentious and Bay View Elementary School | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and Compelling Modesty | |
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| Comparison Principals and Compelling Modesty | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Be Ambitious First for the School's Success | |
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| Ambition for the Success of the School Is Key | |
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| Ms. Aspiration and Mission Elementary School | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and Ambition for the School's Success | |
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| Comparison Principals and Ambition for the School's Success | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Resolve to Do What Needs Doing . . . Then Do It! | |
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| Application of Unwavering Resolve to Schools | |
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| Ms. Persevere and Mountain High Elementary School | |
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| Comparison Principals and Resolve | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Get the Right People on the Bus | |
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| School Leaders' Difficulties in Getting the Right People | |
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| An Example of Getting the Right People | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and "First Who . . . Then What" | |
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| Comparison Principals and "First Who . . . Then What" | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Confront the Brutal Facts | |
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| Schools Face Challenges | |
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| Brutal Facts Tackled by the Principals in Our Study | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and Confronting the Brutal Facts | |
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| Comparison Principals and Confronting the Brutal Facts | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Know What Drives Your Educational Engine and Be Passionate About It | |
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| Academics Take Issue | |
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| Our Term: Educational Engine | |
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| Mr. Focus and Pines Elementary School | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and the Hedgehog Concept | |
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| Comparison Principals and the Hedgehog Concept | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Build a Culture of Discipline | |
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| The Concept Is Not New | |
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| Difficulties in Achieving a Culture of Discipline | |
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| Ms. Discipline and Eagle Elementary School | |
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| Highly Successful Principals and a Culture of Discipline | |
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| Comparison Principals and a Culture of Discipline | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Know Commonalities and Differences Between Public Schools and the Private Sector | |
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| Disparities Between Public Schools and the Private Sector | |
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| What We Have Learned From the Research on Leadership | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Principals | |
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| Support Research-Based Principal Preparation | |
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| The ISLLC Standards | |
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| The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning | |
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| In Search of Excellence | |
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| Beware of Business Norms | |
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| Administrator Preparation Program Reform | |
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| A Final Comment | |
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| Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Architects of Principal Preparation Programs | |
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| Research Methodology | |
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| Interview Participant Selection | |
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| Principal Interview Questions Derived From Collins' (2001) CEO Interview Questions and Demographic Questionnaire | |
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| References | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Index | |