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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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The Skills for Leading Good Schools to Greatness Can Be Learned | |
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Applying Good to Great Research to School Principals | |
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Conversations With Highly Successful Principals | |
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Administrator Preparation Program Reform | |
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Reflection | |
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First, Build Relationships | |
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Reflection | |
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Assess Your Leadership Capacity | |
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A Behavior Different From That of Effective Private Sector Executives | |
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The Three Key Elements Needed to Build Relationships | |
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Constructing Your Personal Profile of a Highly Effective Principal | |
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Building Trust | |
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Engaging in Effective Interpersonal Communication | |
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Encouraging Constructive Conflict Around Ideas | |
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Reflection | |
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How to Exercise Your Professional Will With Humility | |
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Reflection | |
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Assess Your Leadership Capacity | |
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Research on the Risks of Charismatic Leadership for Schools | |
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Distinguishing Personal Humility Is Not So Easy | |
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What Highly Successful Principals Say Conveying a Duality of Professional Will and Personal Humility | |
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Strategies for Exhibiting Professional Will While Remaining Humble | |
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Practical Application of Strategies for Exhibiting a Duality of Professional Will and Personal Humility | |
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Ask an Effective Principal | |
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Reflection | |
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How to Face the Brutal Facts ... Then Do Something About Them | |
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Reflection | |
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Assess Your Leadership Capacity | |
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The Research on Confronting the Brutal Facts and Unwavering Resolve | |
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What Highly Successful Principals Say About Confronting the Brutal Facts | |
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Strategies for Confronting the Brutal Facts and Then Doing Something About Them | |
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Practical Application of Strategies for Confronting the Brutal Facts and Doing Something About Them | |
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Ask an Effective Principal | |
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Reflection | |
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How to Get the Right Faculty on Board | |
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Reflection | |
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Assess Your Leadership Capacity | |
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The Research on Getting the Right People | |
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What Are the Right Places for the Right People? | |
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The Wrong People for the School | |
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What Highly Successful Principals Say About Getting the Right People | |
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Strategies for Getting (and Keeping) the Right People | |
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Practical Application of Strategies for Getting the Right Faculty on Board | |
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Ask an Effective Principal | |
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Reflection | |
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How to Find and Promote the Hedgehog Concept in Your School | |
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Reflection | |
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Educators Differ From CEOs | |
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Assess Your Leadership Capacity | |
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Research on the Hedgehog Concept | |
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Highly Successful Principals Exhibit the Hedgehog Concept | |
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Strategies for Understanding and Executing the Hedgehog Concept in Schools | |
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One School's Process for Developing New Mission and Vision Statements | |
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Practical Application of Strategies for Finding and Promoting the Hedgehog Concept | |
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Ask an Effective Principal | |
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Reflection | |
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How to Build a Schoolwide Culture of Self-Discipline | |
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Reflection | |
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Assess Your Leadership Capacity | |
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The Research on a Culture of Self-Discipline | |
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What Highly Successful Principals Do to Build a Schoolwide Culture of Self-Discipline | |
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Practical Application of Strategies for Building a Culture of Self-Discipline | |
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Ask an Effective Principal | |
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Reflection | |
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The Road Ahead | |
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Research on Leadership Preparation | |
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What to Look for in a Principal Preparation Program | |
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Tips to Help New Principals Succeed | |
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A Final Word | |
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Resources | |
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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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Suggested Readings | |
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References | |
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Index | |