The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership.The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership by Paul D. Houston and Stephen L Sokolow, 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, 176 pp., $32.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. Superintendents make tough decisions. We attempt to balance budgets, hire the right people and negotiate contracts. However, sometimes we need to look beyond our daily tasks to those principles that inform our leadership. Paul Houston and Stephen Sokolow write about those spiritual principles that serve as bedrock for our work. The Spiritual Principles of Leadership: 8 Key Principles to Leading More Effectively is an outgrowth of conversations between Houston, AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators AASA Asian American Student Association AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army executive director, and Sokolow, executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership. Each chapter is based on one of the spiritual principles: intention, attention, unique gifts and talents, gratitude Gratitude agrimony traditional symbol for gratitude. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172] Androcles because he had once extracted a thorn from its paw, the lion refrained from attacking Androcles in the arena. [Rom. Lit. , unique life lessons, holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, openness and trust. They define each principle and explain how it applies to educational leaders. In the chapter on intention, Houston and Sokolow describe how school administrators support intention through prayer and meditation meditation, religious discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. It may be a means of invoking divine grace, as in the contemplation by Christian mystics of a spiritual theme, question, or problem; or it may be a means of attaining . Even the religious among us are struck with how odd it seems to make school district objectives matters of prayer, but doing so is a powerful reminder of how important it is to lead schools in the interest of children. One thing that makes this book personal and useful is that you feel as though you are participating in a conversation with the authors. They are experienced leaders who have given a lot of attention to spiritual, religious and philosophical literature and to discussing our work in light of the understandings they have gleaned from that literature. The book's structure leads to self-reflection and discussion with colleagues. It is accessible and applicable. The principles are all rather simple and we probably already know them, but the reminders are needed. Reviewed by Loren D. Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs , director, Monteverde Friends Schools, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Pica |
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