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The Wounded Leader: How Real Leadership Emerges in Times of Crisis
Richard H. Ackerman
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Description for The Wounded Leader: How Real Leadership Emerges in Times of Crisis
Hardcover. Contains stories that illustrate dilemmas faced by school leaders, this book highlights the many paths to healing, and shows how sometimes the most painful experience can be an opportunity for growth. It enables us understand wounds and learn from them. It tells how good leaders minimize the impact of crises and remain open to learning and growth. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPHL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
As any school principal or adminstrator can tell you, theresponsibilities of school leadership can take a person frominspired moments to crisis in an instant. How does a school leaderwith good intentions preserve a healthy sense of self in the faceof a crisis which in the best of times challenges the self, and inthe worst of times can lead to deep wounds of the heart? How cangood leaders minimize the impact of these crises and remain open tolearn and grow from these difficult experiences? These are thequestions at the heart of the stories contained in The WoundedLeader.
Through compelling stories that illustrate many of the commondilemmas faced by school leaders, the authors highlight the manypaths to healing, and show how sometimes the most painfulexperience can be an opportunity for growth.
"All leaders incur wounds. The Wounded Leader enables us tounderstand our wounds, learn from them....and begin to heal." -Roland Barth, Founder of Harvard Principals' Center
"Not only is the book full of fresh ideas and new insights but itis a fun read. It is not the usual leadership book that reads muchlike the other leadership books but stands out as an originalcontribution...easily presented and scholarly without beingpretentious." - Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Center for EducationalLeadership at Trinity College, San Antonio, Texas
Through compelling stories that illustrate many of the commondilemmas faced by school leaders, the authors highlight the manypaths to healing, and show how sometimes the most painfulexperience can be an opportunity for growth.
"All leaders incur wounds. The Wounded Leader enables us tounderstand our wounds, learn from them....and begin to heal." -Roland Barth, Founder of Harvard Principals' Center
"Not only is the book full of fresh ideas and new insights but itis a fun read. It is not the usual leadership book that reads muchlike the other leadership books but stands out as an originalcontribution...easily presented and scholarly without beingpretentious." - Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Center for EducationalLeadership at Trinity College, San Antonio, Texas
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787961107
SKU
V9780787961107
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About Richard H. Ackerman
Richard H. Ackerman is codirector of the International Network ofPrincipals' Centers and professor of education at the University ofMassachusetts Lowell. Pat Maslin-Ostrowski is associate professor of educationalleadership at Florida Atlantic University.
Reviews for The Wounded Leader: How Real Leadership Emerges in Times of Crisis
"...brings to the foreground several very important ideas for thepractice of school leadership..." (TCRecord.org, September 11,2002) "...A very thoughtful and consideredbook..."(The Occupational Psychologist, December2002)"Not only is the book full of fresh ideas and new insights but itis fun to read. It is not the usual leadership book that reads muchlike the other leadership books but stands out as an originalcontribution...easily presented and scholarly without beingpretentious."
Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Center for EducationalLeadership at Trinity College, San Antonio, Texas "All leaders incur wounds. The Wounded Leader enables usto understand our wounds, learn from them....and begin to heal."
Roland S. Barth, Founder of Harvard Principals' Center "An honest and much needed account of how many of us in schoolleadership roles have weathered
for good and for ill
the woundsthat go with the job. Shoving this stuff under the rug has not beenhealthy for the work of schools, and it was a great relief
anduseful
to have this discussed so thoughtfully in this book."
Deborah Meier, Principal, Mission Hill Elementary School, Boston,and Founder of Central Park East High School, NYC "The wounds we suffer because we are human should not be sourcesof shame: they are openings to deeper self-knowledge, strongerrelationships, and gratitude for our gifts. The WoundedLeader lifts up this hard-earned insight and applies it to thedilemmas of educational leadership with creative and life-givingresults. Here is a rarity among books on education, a book withsoul, a book that will help us bring our own souls to the work wedo."
Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach andLet Your Life Speak
Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Center for EducationalLeadership at Trinity College, San Antonio, Texas "All leaders incur wounds. The Wounded Leader enables usto understand our wounds, learn from them....and begin to heal."
Roland S. Barth, Founder of Harvard Principals' Center "An honest and much needed account of how many of us in schoolleadership roles have weathered
for good and for ill
the woundsthat go with the job. Shoving this stuff under the rug has not beenhealthy for the work of schools, and it was a great relief
anduseful
to have this discussed so thoughtfully in this book."
Deborah Meier, Principal, Mission Hill Elementary School, Boston,and Founder of Central Park East High School, NYC "The wounds we suffer because we are human should not be sourcesof shame: they are openings to deeper self-knowledge, strongerrelationships, and gratitude for our gifts. The WoundedLeader lifts up this hard-earned insight and applies it to thedilemmas of educational leadership with creative and life-givingresults. Here is a rarity among books on education, a book withsoul, a book that will help us bring our own souls to the work wedo."
Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach andLet Your Life Speak