This qualitative research study investigated the perceptions of successful turnaround school leaders regarding factors attributing toward success, barriers thwarting success, and strategies that assisted in minimizing barriers. This study specifically investigated the perceptions of African American school leaders in urban turnaround schools in…

This study examined public elementary school teachers' perceptions of leadership behaviors and their effects on job satisfaction. Teachers are affected by leaders and their behaviors, so their perceptions of those behaviors must be understood and studied. This study identified the leadership behaviors positively impact teachers' job satisfaction…

Advocates for the school counseling profession have called for school counselors to become leaders in their schools (e.g., Bemak, 2000; Campbell & Dahir, 1997; House & Sears, 2002). However, evidence suggests that school counselors are not getting enough leadership training within their graduate programs. Rather, "on the job"…

A wide body of literature supports the premise that leadership skills, behaviors, and practices can be developed by a motivated learner. From the adult learner's perspective, college administrators need to understand the personal and educational needs of individuals returning to public education. Dewey (1938) presented three distinct elements for…

Chemers (1997) defined leadership as a socially persuasive process by which an individual can enlist and empower others to accomplish a task. Leadership can be learned, and a variety of factors influence the development of leadership in individuals (Burns, 2010; Northouse, 2010). Edelman, Gill, Comerford, Larson, and Hare (2004a) have proposed…

Emotional intelligence is a crucial and key ingredient of great leadership and can be seen as a transformational part of leadership that can bring unparalleled leader, member, and organizational success. While a plethora of research and data exists on emotional intelligence, deficiencies in evidence exist to understand the relevance in school…

A gendered narrative that excludes the experiences, perspectives, and voices of women superintendents has dominated research regarding leadership development, leadership theory, and the school superintendency. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to provide women superintendents an opportunity to share their lived…

Workforces in U.S. organizations, agencies, corporations, companies, and educational institutions are becoming increasingly multicultural and leaders in organizations are having to respond to changing workforce demographics and manage workforces that are more ethnically and culturally diverse. Organizations invest billions of dollars annually in…

The global marketplace, with its complexity, immediacy, and ubiquitous disruptions places almost impossible demands on its leaders and its leadership ranks. For many years, a top, perennial contender for the "what keeps CEOs up at night" list has been a severe lack in both the quantity and quality of effective leaders. The war for talent…

A problem exists in Nevada Pre-K-12 schools. Nevada schools rank last measured against all other states in the United States in academic achievement. Nevada students should expect better from the education system, beginning with the influential position of the building leader. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to delve…

This study investigated the influences of STEM leadership training on pre-service school leaders' self-efficacy levels, beliefs and skills toward STEM education. The study was guided by three major research questions: (1) What are the influences of STEM leadership training on improving pre-service school leaders' readiness to support STEM…

Although leadership training programs have been shown to better prepare college students for the professional world, higher education needs empirically-based leadership interventions to demonstrate program effectiveness. This qualitative descriptive study describes how a servant leadership training program, completed by students in a higher…

This narrative study explores the leadership life stories of five women serving as community college presidents in Illinois. The purpose of this study is to explore women's experiences in leadership skill and identity development on the way to becoming community college presidents. Hearing the women share their leadership life stories directly…

Given the recent surge of interest in educational leadership development in Saudi Arabia, a qualitative study was undertaken to evaluate the perspectives of participants in one intensive leadership training program called the Saudi Oxford Program for Educational Leaders (SOPEL). Using interview data with SOPEL participants and an analysis of their…

This study explored a question being asked by many current higher education leaders: Who will serve as future leaders in U.S. institutions of higher education? There is an anticipated leadership crisis (Anft, 2018; Appadurai, 2009; McDade et al., 2017; Selingo, Chheng, & Clark, 2017) which suggests an inadequate "number" of people,…