Improving Your Leadership Intelligence

This book is a practical tool to aid both the novice and experienced administrator grow their leadership skillset. The fieldguide is replete with scenarios of actual K12 school incidents (including solutions and rationales) to guide the leader through analysis and reflection.

This book is a practical tool to aid both the novice and experienced administrator grow their leadership skillset. The fieldguide is replete with scenarios of actual K12 school incidents (including solutions and rationales) to guide the leader through analysis and reflection.

PrefaceIntroduction: Why a Fieldbook?Situational Judgment TestsChapter 1: Lessons on CREDIBILITYTickets to the Big GameUnder the InfluenceHot TimesBomb ThreatAspiring LeadersMedically IncompetentA Hard Pill to SwallowException to the RuleDelegation of AuthorityLiving the LifeA Snapshot of RealityFailure to LaunchThe First Question is Often the ToughesName CallingChapter 2: Credibility: SJT¿s Authors¿ OptionsChapter 3: Lessons on COMPETENCELeadership OrientationGun in the ClassroomThe ListFighting with the PrincipalThe AuditThere¿s a Piano in My EarLights OutYoüre not the Boss of MeIt¿s not Rocket Science!Down at the TankMr. MayorYellingTo Be or Not to Be?Testing Strikes AgainThe Bottom LineErasing 100 `Atta-Boys¿Chapter 4: COMPETENCE SJT¿s Authors¿ OptionsChapter 5: Lessons on the ability to INSPIREOn the Picket LineThe Class RingA Cheerleading ConundrumGet rid of the Leadership ClassThe Budget is Much More than a BudgetIt¿s Not My JobA Wanted ManDefine NastyA Complex Puzzle with Many PiecesPublish or PerishAn Apple a DayTime for an InterventionFrom the HeartTwo Steps Forward and Three Steps BackChapter 6: Ability to INSPIRE SJT¿s OptionsChapter 7: Lessons on VISIONA VisionSocial MediaA Storm Is BrewingLittle White LiesDistributed LeadershipDuhA New LeaderI Can¿t see the Forest for the TreesAn AudienceDemanding to DefendLunch is Never Really FreeOn the Road AgainSuccessionEdward ScissorhandsChapter 8: VISION SJT¿s Authors¿ OptionsChapter 9: Lessons on EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLSAdvice to a Close AssociateMäam Step Away from the CarA New ScheduleFeet of ClaySweet ClarityHonestly?Fun at Work?CompassionOf Buses and BikinisTwinsSelf-KnowledgeDoes Orientation Matter?Collective WisdomDisappointmentWhat Goes Around Comes AroundTake TwoEmpathyCookies, Anyone?Chapter 10: EI/SOFT SKILLS SJT¿s Authors¿ OptionsAuthors¿ SolutionsCREDIBILITYCOMPETENCEABILITY TO INSPIREVISIONEMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLSAppendix A ¿ SMALL GROUP CARDSAppendix B ¿ LSI Interpretation ChartAppendix C¿ Activities to Improve Your Leadership IntelligenceNotes