Heart of School Leadership - by Mary Louise Stahl (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis

The Heart of School Leadership focuses on 50 areas that school leaders need to think about in order to nurture a cohesive school community.

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As long as there have been schools, there have been school leaders, but Mary Louise Stahl's experience-based insight lets us see educational leadership in a fresh way. The Heart of School Leadership feels deeply connected to real life, and is as compulsively readable as it is illuminating. Her readers will get the sense that Stahl's students have been in good hands, and that this book will help pass these valuable ideas to new leaders.

As the title suggests, The Heart of School Leadership is a book on - you guessed it - school leadership, and Mary Louise Stahl certainly knows her stuff when it comes to her subject matter. But what really struck me as I read this book was how accessible it is, how much heart the author put into it, how deeply she cares about this topic, and how much of what she writes can be applied to leadership in general. This book is a gem.

Mary Louise Stahl is the wise, compassionate mentor all school leaders need. She understands what's essential, what will never go out of style, is the human bedrock of leadership: kindness and authenticity, the ability to listen and the determination to never give up. The Heart of a School Leader is an invaluable, necessary companion for anyone who wants to be a more effective leader.

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