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The complete play book, chapter by chapter.
Read all 26 chapters online, with clear navigation that keeps your place as you move through the book.
Begin with chapter oneGetting Started
Building a Thriving School
Leading People Well
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Dealing with a Difficult Deputy or Coordinator
Clarify and reset
Dealing with a Challenging Teacher
The reset play: rebuilding professional ownership
Working with an Overly Controlling Supervisor
Holding your ground with clarity and professionalism
Two-Way Street: What Makes a Good Deputy?
Building trust and communication
School Boards and Advisory Groups
Key strategies for productive governance
Administrative Style
What is your default style under pressure?
Risks and Boy Scouts
Being prepared to provide safety
Personal Sustainability
Working with Parents
Raising the Bar
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Expectations
Clarity, consistency and collective ownership
Technology, Culture and Accountability
Instructional leadership in a changing world
Leading Learning in an Age of Intelligent Tools
Making sense of artificial intelligence
People Matter Most
Building a team that makes a difference
Reading the Room
Observing, listening and interpreting school culture
Why
Returning to purpose at the heart of leadership