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On Becoming a Leader

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In this paper, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke, and others, in a new book.
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"In a penetrating, insightful new book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke", (Sloan Management Review), and others. "A solid work that illuminates its subject and engages (the reader).. . . Its ideas are wise enough to stand reexamination".--USA Today.

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The Importance of School Culture for Instructional Leadership.

TL;DR: The National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) has recognized the contribution of education administration as a signi cant contribution to the scholarship and practice of education.

Narrative Construction of Leader Identity in a Leader Development Program Context

TL;DR: Jakobsen et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the narrative construction of leader identity in the context of a leader development program, examining the processes and the content of identity work of leaders.
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Key contemporary paradigms of management and leadership

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the key contemporary paradigms of management and leadership based upon an evolving linguistic analysis that is rich in the development of these concepts and present a unique justification of the contemporary perspective of managerial leadership.
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Linking Theory to Practice: A Theory of Change Model of the Natural Resources Leadership Institute

TL;DR: The Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) is a leadership development program for capacity building in environmental decision making as mentioned in this paper, which cultivates a cadre of leaders who address environmental problems collaboratively and creatively.

Perceived Leadership Practices of Principals-Coaches and Principals-Noncoaches.

TL;DR: Tipton et al. as discussed by the authors compared the perceptions of self-reported leadership practices using the Kouzes and Posner Leadership Practices Inventory between high school principals in North Carolina who were coaches with those principals who were not coaches.
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The Closing of the American Mind

TL;DR: The closing of the American mind as discussed by the authors is one of the best-sellers in history, and Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today, and it has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.