Caring Enough to Lead: How Reflective Practice Leads to Moral Leadership

by Leonard O. Pellicer

Discover the meaning of caring leadership and bring your school to a new level of excellence! The author examines what it means to be an effective, caring leader who develops meaningful bonds with staff members to establish common core values. This updated edition of a bestseller demonstrates the relationship between caring leadership and moral and ethical choices and expands on the power of caring leadership to transform schools. This revised edition provides veteran and aspiring leaders

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2007

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was certainly not excited to be assigned reading from this book by my principal as the school year began. It was just one more thing I did not have time to do. As a campus, we were assigned some beginning readings, and then suddenly, the book was never mentioned again. But, I pulled it out during spring break and really began to dive into it.

Pellicer outlines some simple rules to being an effective and moral leader. He emphasizes that good leaders don't just do the right things, but they have to genuinely care for the people they lead and continuously reflect on how their decisions affect others and the organization. That all sounds very heavy, but really, the chapters are short and often include fun little stories that Pellicer connects to his overall theme. And of course, reflection is key.

This book is great for anyone who serves in any leadership capacity in any type of an organization, although it was originally written for those who work in schools. The lessons and reflective questions contained in its pages are great for anyone striving to grow as a leader and a person.

[Lauren Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very insightful book! I was required to read this for graduate school for a class called Education in a Modern Society. It provided great insight on what a leader is and how they should care about leading and who they’re leading. This book is geared for anyone who’s a leader in any capacity, where it’s a board director, professor, department chair, CEO, principal, GM, or anyone who desires to lead in any capacity in their lifetime. Highly recommend because it provided suggestions and had personal anecdotes to make it more interesting.

[Joe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another one -- not great material for an ethics class that was actually fundamentally interesting. It isn't even mediocre material. There is also an extremely liberal usage of exclamation points. I am not sure why that annoys me except to say that not everything is this exciting. Especially this text.

[Melanie Bisson · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the stories are lengthy and the content is dense, the narratives are familiar and applicable. Many elements to return to and reflect on throughout your career.

[Anthony A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some very good reflective information in this book for prospective leaders or current leaders. This book was required reading for one of the graduate courses I am taking en route to obtaining my master's degree in Educational Leadership.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not groundbreaking, but contains some inspirational thoughts...