The Leadership Paradox: Balancing Logic and Artistry in Schools
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The Leadership Paradox: Balancing Logic and Artistry in Schools

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"A distinctive, playful, and insightful look at the art and craft of leading a modern-day school."
--Roland S. Barth, educator and author of Improving Schools from Within
"Reality-based cases and concepts worthy of reflection by all who are interested in improving school leadership.''
--Linton Deck, director of education and nonprofit applications, Center for ...more
Paperback, 132 pages
Published September 1st 2000 by Jossey-Bass (first published March 1994)
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Stephen
READ FEB 2011

While Deal and Peterson focus their work on school administrators, much of what they find, including the bifocal and bimodal leadership, is applicable to leaders in all organizations.

Best quotes, "Echoes of the past sculpture actions of the present more powerfully than we realize. We do not do things because policies say so. We do them because we have always done them that way, because they are part of the unwritten cultural rules [or traditions]," (p. ...more
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