Balancing Leadership and Personal Growth.Balancing Leadership and Personal Growth by Christa Metzger, Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Calif., 2006, 143 pp., $30.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. The senior education administrator today works in a complex and demanding world requiring a continuing fitness and development of what is best described as a balanced life. The author of Balancing Leadership and Personal Growth: The School Administrator's Guide, Christa Metzger, has researched what it is that administrators do to preserve and enhance their public self and inner life. From personal experience, she knows the impact of stress and a failure to respond positively to it. Metzger, who spent 10 years as a superintendent before joining the faculty at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , says her goal for this book is to provide guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for creating a healthy balance between the personal and the professional lives of the administrator. She believes a secondary effect of achieving this balance will be the retention of more good leaders and the encouragement of more professionals to join the ranks. Her book is a compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of suggested practices for administrators. They are not prescriptive pre·scrip·tive adj. 1. Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage. 2. Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules. 3. Law Acquired by or based on uninterrupted possession. and readers may select any that appeal and apply them to a particular situation. The author emphasizes that crises and boredom from routines can have similar effects. The reader is asked to assess personal circumstances and then look for application of techniques. A major theme of Balancing Leadership and Personal Growth is learning how to take time for personal growth. The author asks readers to recognize that a great variety of strategies can provide additional personal time and enhance organizational skills. She introduces a series of methods for building physical strength and creative and spiritual strength. She believes the use of these will lead to a more productive and fulfilling personal and professional life. Reviewed by Frank Kelly, executive director, Canadian Association of School Administrators, Oakville, Ontario Oakville (2006 population 165,613[2]) is a town on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, midway between Toronto (about 31 km or 19 mi away) on its eastern border and Hamilton (about 20 km or 12 mi away) from its western border. , Canada |
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