Leadership, Myth & Metaphor.Leadership, Myth & Metaphor by Daniel Cherry and Jeffrey Spiegel, 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, 120 pp. with index, $25.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. Leadership, Myth & Metaphor: Finding Common Ground to Guide Effective School Change resulted from a three-year professional development project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropic institution founded in 1994 by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to improve the lives of the poor throughout the world, primarily through grants for projects relating to global health care, . More than 250 superintendents and principals participated in the New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). School Administrators Leading with Technology endeavor. Co-author Daniel Cherry served as the project director, while Jeff Spiegel was the New Hampshire principal in residence for two years to explore "administrators' core values and intrinsic beliefs through metaphor." Program participants were asked to describe their leadership styles in terms of metaphors, which were grouped by the authors under three leadership archetypes: the Touchstone touchstone Black, silica-containing stone used in assaying to determine the purity of gold and silver. The metal to be assayed is rubbed on the touchstone, and then a sample of metal of known purity is rubbed on the stone right next to it. , recognized for expertise and experience; the Advocate, dedicated to a cause beyond self; and the Parent, focusing on an ethic of care. This book includes essays written by principals describing their leadership. Early on we are introduced to David, a principal who evolves through the three archetypes. A case study follows David as he uses each appropriate leadership metaphor to bring about change. It is particularly interesting to see how David moves his faculty from the victim mythology to that of hero or heroine in solving a scheduling problem. Finally, each of the three archetypes is anchored to the Interstate School Leadership Licensure licensure (lī´s  nsh Consortium standards. Readers are asked to
compare the leadership of some of the individual metaphors to the
standards and then to rate themselves.
Anything that causes administrators to be reflective about their leadership styles is helpful. I found this book instructive and enjoyable as it challenged me to come up with a personal metaphor for my leadership style. I think other readers will feel the same. Reviewed by Leonard H. Elovitz, chair, educational leadership department, Kean University Kean University (Pronounced KĀN or "cane") formerly Kean College of New Jersey, and previously Newark State Teachers College is a state university located in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey. , Union, N.J. |
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