Sustainable Leadership

In Sustainable Leadership , Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink address one of the most important and often neglected aspects of leadership: sustainability. The authors set out a compelling and original framework of seven principles for sustainable leadership characterized byDepthof learning and real achievement rather than superficially tested performance;Lengthof impact over the long haul, beyond individual leaders, through effectively managed succession;Breadthof influence, where leadership becomes a distributed responsibility;Justicein ensuring that leadership actions do no harm to and actively benefit students in other schools;Diversitythat replaces standardization and alignment with diversity and cohesion;Resourcefulnessthat conserves and renews leaders' energy and doesn't burn them out; andConservationthat builds on the best of the past to create an even better future. This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights

about leadership in schools. [Publisher's Text]

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