Cultural Differences in Educational Leadership

Informationen zum Autor Robert Palestini is graduate dean emeritus and professor emeritus of educational leadership at Saint Joseph s University (SJU) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also the founding executive director of the Educational Leadership Institute and Center for Catholic Urban Education at SJU. In addition, with more than fifty years in the field of education, he has been a science teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools. He has written more than a dozen books on various aspects of educational leadership. Klappentext Leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal what particular abilities and skills made them successful in their particular society and culture and how those attributes can be applied to one's own leadership practice, whether that be as a classroom teacher, a principal, a superintendent of schools or a college president in the United States or elsewhere in the world.. Zusammenfassung Leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal wha... Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter One: Contemporary Leadership TheoryChapter Two: Leading with HeartChapter Three: MosesChapter Four: Gautama BuddhaChapter Five: ConfuciusChapter Six: Jesus ChristChapter Seven: MuhammadChapter Eight: Mahatma GandhiChapter Nine: Martin Luther King, Jr.Chapter Ten: St. Pope John Paul IIChapter Eleven: St. Mother TeresaChapter Twelve: Pope Francis IChapter Thirteen: What Have You LearnedAppendix: Diagnostics (Heart Smart Surveys I & II) ReferencesAbout the Author...

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Leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal what particular abilities and skills made them successful in their particular society and culture and how those attributes can be applied to one's own leadership practice, whether that be as a classroom teacher, a principal, a superintendent of schools or a college president in the United States or elsewhere in the world..

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Introduction Chapter One: Contemporary Leadership Theory Chapter Two: Leading with Heart Chapter Three: Moses Chapter Four: Gautama Buddha Chapter Five: Confucius Chapter Six: Jesus Christ Chapter Seven: Muhammad Chapter Eight: Mahatma Gandhi Chapter Nine: Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapter Ten: St. Pope John Paul II Chapter Eleven: St. Mother Teresa Chapter Twelve: Pope Francis I Chapter Thirteen: What Have You Learned Appendix: Diagnostics (Heart Smart Surveys I & II) References About the Author