Purpose: This paper aims to document the development and use of cases for the leadership development of principals in one large education system in Australia. The case initiative was specially targeted at deepening understandings of the department's recently released statement about the principalship, "Leadership Matters". The…

The purpose of succession-related practices is to ensure that there are ready replacements for key positions in an organization so that turnover will not negatively affect the organization's performance. CCL first published an annotated bibliography on succession planning in 1995. That bibliography focused primarily on the link between succession…

It is hoped that the seminars will help participants to acquire new knowledge, develop new skills, and undergo attitude change in an environment free from the strain of the work situation. A brief appendix concerns suggestions for conducting successful seminars. (AG)

Present management training usually is approached in the worst of several ways, says the author. To be truly useful it must be based on the future. (Editor)

Effective leaders who have been instrumental in their companies' success must contribute to continuing success by personally developing leaders at all levels. They should share their teachable point of view, including ideas, values, edge, and energy. (JOW)

States that school leadership, not management, is the linchpin of successful school reform. Describes differences between management and leadership. Recommends increased effort to develop school leaders focused on school reform. Offers three principles undergirding recommendations. (PKP)

Statistics in the Community (STATCOM) is a student-run statistical consulting program that has been serving its local community since 2001. Directed and staffed by graduate students from Purdue University's Department of Statistics, it provides professional consulting services to governmental and nonprofit groups free of charge. Students work in…

Purpose: This article seeks to centre on Cypriot, English, Greek and Swedish selection and training of principals. This was part of a 2001-2002 European Union (EU) funded study which created a distance learning CD ROM for principals. Design/methodology/approach: National education systems and principals' selection and training were analysed and…

This article provides a case study template for creating and "selling" an enterprise-wide leadership development initiative in a highly decentralized organization. Using a story-telling approach, the authors delineate the five separate but highly interdependent stages used to achieve this. Sandwiched between a prologue and epilogue are five…

Using a qualitative case study approach, the authors explore social justice implications of inservice principals' practices that affect attitudes and empower teachers. If a primary educational goal of progressive schooling is to create and sustain more democratic schools by enabling the growth of teachers as leaders who are responsible for their…

Efforts to enhance students' management action and leadership skills are generally based on behavior modeling and experiential learning models. The classroom practicum approach to developing leadership skills described in this article enhances student learning by integrating a greater emphasis on the transfer phase of the learning process than is…

It takes strong leadership skills to successfully run an entity as large and complex as an urban school district, much less turn around one that is low-performing. Most people don't realize that many urban school systems are as large as the biggest companies in America. Yet, most school district leaders and school board members have no specific…

The past few decades have seen substantial debate over the effectiveness of preparation programs for school administrators. A program is suggested that is based on the Texas superintendent certificate of 1994. Eight standards addressing superintendent performance were developed by the American Association of School Administrators: (1)…

Claims that the chief cause of the predicted dearth in managerial talent is "no will to manage." Explores a number of remedial actions that companies can take, such as more selective recruitment, more vigorous weeding out, and more participative management. So far, the most promising approach is formal training to shape managerial motivation.…

Discusses many sources of leadership development activities including commercial, federal- and state-sponsored, university, and professional association resources. (JOW)