The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership [Paperback]

This expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology assembles the best book excerpts, articles, and reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from respected authors, education researchers, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features twenty-six chapters in six primary areas of interest: Principles of Leadership, Moral Leadership, Culture and Change, Standards and Systems, Diversity and Leadership, and the Future of Leadership.

Sources ix

About the Authors xiii

Introduction xvii 
Michael Fullan

PART ONE The Principles of Leadership

1. “Give Me a Lever Long Enough . . . and Single-Handed

I Can Move the World” 3 
Peter M. Senge

2. The Nature of Leadership 17 
John W. Gardner

3. Level 5 Leadership 27 
Jim Collins

4. The Unheroic Side of Leadership: Notes from the Swamp 51 
Jerome T. Murphy

5. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership 63 
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

PART TWO Moral Leadership

6. Leadership as Stewardship: “Who’s Serving Who?” 75 
Thomas J. Sergiovanni

7. An Educational Credo for a Time of Crisis and Urgency 93 
David E. Purpel

8. Becoming a Trustworthy Leader 99 
Megan Tschannen-Moran

9. The Manager as Politician 115&al&