Leaders Who Win, Leaders Who Lose: The Fly-on-the-Wall Tells All.Leaders Who Win, Leaders Who Lose: The Fly-on-the-Wall Tells All by Nancy R. Daly shares the author's experiences through candid can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. real-life stories that offer us lessons about other leaders' deeds deed n. 1. Something that is carried out; an act or action. 2. A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit. 3. Action or performance in general: Deeds, not words, matter most. and misdeeds. Daly is a consultant on strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. for not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. organizations as well as corporations. Her book, consisting of 10 scenarios and a concluding chapter of sage advice, follows a case-study format. She presents the details of a situation, how it turned out and what lessons the rest of us can adapt from the case. In a chapter titled "Don't Let One Voice Zap Progress," Daly describes an incident in which one individual sabotaged the conduct of an internal review. Some of the lessons the author draws from this situation: Peers often choose not to confront a colleague; some employees are unable to function as part of a team or live by consensus decisions; and safe environments begin with an equal sharing of viewpoints. The strength of the book is the analysis of each scenario at the end of each chapter. However, given the book's focus largely on cases involving strategic planning, this might not be the most appropriate leadership volume for school system administrators. The book provides few insights on how to deal with governing boards Noun 1. governing board - a board that manages the affairs of an institution board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" , motivate personnel and communicate with the public. (Leaders Who Win, Leaders Who Lose: The Fly-on-the-Wall Tells All by Nancy R. Daly, Rowman and Littlefield Education, Lanham, Md., 2004, 68 pp., $19.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. ) Reviewed by Paul A. Shaw Superintendent, White County Schools, Cleveland, Ga. |
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