Pivotal Strategies for the Educational Leader

The Art of War application to education is about solving (i.e. fighting) problems (i.e. the enemy) to improve student and school success. The Art of War describes the significance of a leader and his knowledge and prudent application of the strategies. At the core of theses strategies is the non-negotiable moral purpose of the leader to be reinforced by other fine qualities as wisdom, commitment, discipline, and courage.

Ovid K. Wong (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is an associate professor of education at Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. He is an award-winning teacher and administrator with more than 20 years of experience

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
The Relevance of Sun Tzu	p. 1
Who Was Sun Tzu?	p. 2
What Is the Art of War?	p. 6
Wisdom of the Past	p. 11
Applications for Today and Beyond	p. 11
The Winning Factors	p. 16
The Moral Law	p. 17
The Commander	p. 24
Method and Discipline	p. 25
Heaven	p. 27
Earth	p. 29
Balance of the Factors	p. 32
The Leader	p. 34
The Emergence of Educational Leaders	p. 34
What Makes a Leader?	p. 41
Integrity of Learning	p. 46
Vision of Learning	p. 48
Building and Sustaining a Culture of Learning	p. 53
Managing an Environment of Learning	p. 57
Partnering with the School Community to Foster Learning	p. 66
Waging War	p. 70
The Strategies of Waging War	p. 71
Seeking Positions	p. 73
Attacking	p. 81
Defending	p. 82
Communication	p. 86
What is Communication?	p. 88
Chain of Command as a Form of Communication	p. 89
Meetings as a Form of Communication	p. 92
Presentation as a Form of Communication	p. 102
Reading Signals as a Form of Communication	p. 111
Writing as a Form of Communication	p. 112
Making Decisions as a Form of Communication	p. 128
Reflections on a Good Communicator	p. 133
The Leader's Self-Assessment	p. 136
Self- and Other Awareness Assessment in Leadership	p. 138
Learning Style Assessment	p. 142
Leadership Self-Assessment	p. 146
Turning Sun Tzu's Wisdom into Actions	p. 153
A Concept Map of Sun Tzu's Strategies	p. 153
Applying Knowledge of Strengths and Weaknesses for Improvement	p. 155
Turning Theory into Action	p. 161
Conclusion	p. 169
About the Author	p. 171
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Pivotal Strategies for the Educational Leader The Importance of Sun Tzu's Art of War

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