Table of Contents

1. Educational Change for a World of Urgency and Accountability: Why Our Best Leaders Succeed Now!
2. Successful Leaders Challenge the Status Quo: Conforming is Less Risky, but Does It Work?
3. Who are you as a Leader? Appearances Aren't Always the Real Story.
4. The Reality of Practicing Being a High Performing Leader: When Theory Meets Real Life, It is Not Always Pretty.
5. Beginning the Hard Work of Improving your Leadership; When Do I Start to Take Control of a Runaway Train?
6. Hiring the Right Leaders that will Get Results. Stop the Insanity Now: It is Time for a New Hiring Process.
7. Building your Leadership Development Plan (LDP): Customized Action Plans that Allow You to Take Charge Now!

About the Author

Lyle J. Kirtman, CEO of Future Management Systems Inc., has been a leadership development consultant for 30 years. Future Management Systems specializes in conflict management, coaching, executive searches, and strategic planning. Examples of the varied clients that Future Management Systems has served beyond education include Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Channel 5 TV in Boston, Farm Aid, Cisco Systems, and the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS).

Lyle has also served as the chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Innovation in Massachusetts. He has been an executive coach to leaders in education, industry, government, nonprofits, and health care. To the educational reform debate that exists in this country, Lyle brings a unique perspective on leadership, which is now being embraced by many of our best leaders. He draws on his experience in the public and private sectors, along with his education in counseling psychology and his business experience, to advance the change and improvement efforts of school districts. Lyle and his firm are known for a direct and honest approach with leaders that have resulted in significant behavioral change and major results for their organizations. He has consulted with over 300 school districts nationally and has held a central administrator position for the Boston Public Schools.

Reviews

"Lyle Kirtman's Leadership and Teams: The Missing Piece of the Educational Reform Puzzle, is a needed and welcome addition to the many previous books on leadership in modern-day education. Readers will find it informative, insightful, and most important, immediately useful." -Robert J. Marzano, CEO, Marzano Research Laboratory and co-author of School Leadership That Works "I would recommend this book as a must read in any leadership course...a must have book for superintendents." "I am a 20 year leader with 12 years in my current assignment. After reading this book I was inspired to self-reflect and share ideas from the book with colleagues. I have made a personal commitment to push for coaching and support for administrators in this region." -Margarete Couture, Elementary Principal, South Seneca Elementary School, Interlaken, NY