Improving Your Leadership Intelligence

Wanda Maulding Green is an educational leadership faculty member at the University of South Alabama and has served in leadership roles in both K12 and higher education. She is co-author of the book, Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North.Edward Leonard is a retired school superintendent and higher education administrator. He currently teaches leadership courses at the University of South Alabama and is co-author of the book, Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Why a Fieldbook?Situational Judgment TestsChapter 1: Lessons on CREDIBILITYTickets to the Big GameUnder the InfluenceHot TimesBomb ThreatAspiring LeadersMedically IncompetentA Hard Pill to SwallowException to the RuleDelegation of AuthorityLiving the LifeA Snapshot of RealityFailure to LaunchThe First Question is Often the ToughesName CallingChapter 2: Credibility: SJT’s Authors’ OptionsChapter 3: Lessons on COMPETENCE Leadership OrientationGun in the ClassroomThe ListFighting with the PrincipalThe AuditThere’s a Piano in My EarLights OutYou’re not the Boss of MeIt’s not Rocket Science!Down at the TankMr. MayorYellingTo Be or Not to Be?Testing Strikes AgainThe Bottom LineErasing 100 ‘Atta-Boys’Chapter 4: COMPETENCE SJT’s Authors’ OptionsChapter 5: Lessons on the ability to INSPIREOn the Picket LineThe Class RingA Cheerleading ConundrumGet rid of the Leadership ClassThe Budget is Much More than a BudgetIt’s Not My JobA Wanted ManDefine NastyA Complex Puzzle with Many PiecesPublish or PerishAn Apple a DayTime for an InterventionFrom the HeartTwo Steps Forward and Three Steps BackChapter 6: Ability to INSPIRE SJT’s OptionsChapter 7: Lessons on VISIONA VisionSocial MediaA Storm Is BrewingLittle White LiesDistributed LeadershipDuhA New LeaderI Can’t see the Forest for the TreesAn AudienceDemanding to DefendLunch is Never Really FreeOn the Road AgainSuccessionEdward ScissorhandsChapter 8: VISION SJT’s Authors’ OptionsChapter 9: Lessons on EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLSAdvice to a Close AssociateMa’am Step Away from the CarA New ScheduleFeet of ClaySweet ClarityHonestly?Fun at Work?CompassionOf Buses and BikinisTwinsSelf-KnowledgeDoes Orientation Matter?Collective WisdomDisappointmentWhat Goes Around Comes AroundTake TwoEmpathyCookies, Anyone?Chapter 10: EI/SOFT SKILLS SJT’s Authors’ OptionsAuthors’ SolutionsCREDIBILITYCOMPETENCEABILITY TO INSPIREVISIONEMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLSAppendix A – SMALL GROUP CARDSAppendix B – LSI Interpretation ChartAppendix C— Activities to Improve Your Leadership IntelligenceNotes

Finally, we have a practical guide to help real-world school leaders navigate real-world school issues! Wanda Green and Ed Leonard have used their considerable talent and experience to thoughtfully craft a guidebook which marries brainy leadership philosophy to the sometimes unpredictable world of leadership practice. The reader is presented with realistic and challenging scenarios and given the opportunity for reflection and decision-making practice. Improving Your Leadership Intelligence is everything you didn’t learn in grad school and should be required reading for all school administrators.