The Politically Intelligent Leader: Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment, 2nd Edition

Today’s educational leaders are often caught in a world of rising expectations and diminishing resources—the political pressures are enormous. Those in the business of education often feel ill prepared and apprehensive about their ability to deal with a high-stakes political environment. The Politically Intelligent Leader helps leaders at all levels learn more about themselves and their own political styles. It provides strategies for delivering a personal educational vision, diagnosing others’ styles, and customizing strategies to influence those who can help or hinder one’s organizational goals as well as providing groundwork for leaders to understand how to operate ethically with all groups—elected boards, citizen groups, unions and volunteers—during politically volatile times.The Politically Intelligent Leader: Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment 2nd Edition is written by Patricia Clark White; Thomas R. Harvey; Shari L. Fox and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBNs for The Politically Intelligent Leader are 9781475828603, 1475828608 and the print ISBNs are 9781475828580, 1475828586. Additional ISBNs include 9781475828597.