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Taoist Lessons for Educational Leaders

Gentle Pathways to Resolving Conflicts
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 2012

Summary

This book explores ways in which educational leaders can apply the wisdom of the Tao in their day-to-day work in schools. It offers an alternative to the standard ways of western thinking to give the leader more possibilities when confronting a situation. We tend to value immediate and decisive action, winning, directing, and getting one’s way. Taoist Lessons for Educational Leaders offers another way of approaching the workplace. We can also value waiting and reflection before acting, seeing all participants as winners or at least no one as a loser, following as a form of leadership, and giving away some victories, as beneficial to the governance of a school. There is more than one way to “win” and more than one way assert one’s authority, as illustrated by this book.



Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-61048-519-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-61048-520-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
85
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. Introduction No access
  1. 1 Balance No access Pages 1 - 14
  2. 2 Governance and Flexibility No access Pages 15 - 28
  3. 3 When to Act and When Not to Act No access Pages 29 - 40
  4. 4 Power Struggles and Conflicts No access Pages 41 - 54
  5. 5 Paradoxes of Leadership No access Pages 55 - 68
  6. 6 Themes and Images No access Pages 69 - 78
  7. Conclusion No access Pages 79 - 82
  8. References No access Pages 83 - 84
  9. About the Author No access Pages 85 - 85

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