Women and Educational Leadership / JB Leadership Library in Education (PDF)

This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at
leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in
education. The authors examine how successful women in education
lead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing
these exemplary leadership practices.

Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualities
that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ from
traditional approaches?whether the traditional leader is a woman or
a man. The authors reveal that women leaders are more collaborative
by nature and demonstrate a commitment to social justice. They tend
to bring an instructional focus to leadership, include spiritual
dimensions in their work, and strive for balance between the
personal and professional.

This important book offers a new model of leadership that shifts
away from the traditional heroic notion of leadership to the
collective account of leadership that focuses on leadership for a
specific purpose--like social justice. The authors include
illustrative examples of leaders who have brought diverse groups to
work toward common ground. They also show how leadership is a way
to facilitate and support the work of organizational members. The
ideas and suggestions presented throughout the book can help the
next generation fulfill the promise of a new tradition of
leadership.

Women and Educational Leadership is part of the
Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education series.