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LEADING BEYOND INTENTION
leading through an intentional lens as you develop and focus on priorities, shared leadership, communication, instruction, and of course, the students. In this book, we remain focused on the great need to be intentional in your leadership practices and pay particular attention to what must be done. We aim to add a lens of will and deepen your understanding, as a leader, of the requirement to dig deep and lead from inner strength—from within. We remind you that you can learn and strengthen your will. This intentional focus will create the synergy and confidence that produce outstanding leadership.
Six Areas
Leading from within requires an abundance of your sixth sense as you learn to understand yourself and others and develop your capacity to trust your instincts to make decisions. Our purpose in writing this book is to help you explore your instincts and tendencies as a leader and consider possibilities and potentially new ways of leading that will guide you as you encounter challenges along the leadership road. We write about the following six areas in this exploration. 1.
Bravely leading from within
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Leading with coaching
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Leading through conflict and challenge
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Leading change with accountability
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Going the extra mile (and looking after yourself)
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Learning always and from everywhere
Bravely Leading From Within Courageous leadership is what schools need. Where there are bold, resolute leaders who fiercely stand for what is best for students and uphold this stance no matter what,
©️2022 by Solution Tree Press
The Pythagoreans acknowledge the number six to be the first perfect number. In mathematics, an ideal number is when all the number’s divisors (excluding the number itself) are added, and the sum equals the number itself. The number six is the symbol of luck, the highest number on a die, and the symbol of Venus, the goddess of love. Having a sixth sense refers to extrasensory perception (ESP). It is also common to hear someone using the phrase the sixth sense when referring to a hunch or instinct (MysticalNumbers.com, n.d.).
