对参与式领导的呼唤

大多数(如果不是全部)考虑过这个问题的人都认为，当今公立学校的学生和老师应该得到更好的教育。他们应该拥有和精英私立学校一样的教学和学习环境。在这样的环境中，教师结合了最好的本质主义和进步的教育哲学，使学生成为高度熟练的批判性思考者。他们中的大多数教师都具备传授科学和教学艺术的技能。这里的科学代表了他们特定研究和教学领域所需的知识财富。艺术是指将学生所拥有的知识与他们想要学习的信息联系起来的能力。这些环境中的学生都是积极主动、积极投入的学习者……和教师。领导力促进了支持这些高度互动的教学和学习环境的过程。在这项工作中最成功的领导者表现出对参与的承诺。致力于参与的领导意味着重视每个人的自我认同，他们的存在，以及他们为组织带来的礼物。 It means practicing inclusion intentionally. The inclusion of all voices involved in the life of the organization results in levels of synergy where excellence becomes the norm and even higher levels sought. Engaged leaders are personable, hand-on, supportive, facilitating, visionary, inclusive and very successful. It is the premise of this book that leadership should be focused on serving others in inclusive ways. Leadership should, as a primary task, help to create pathways that empower others to successfully complete the work at hand and to do so including all voices in the process.