Table of Contents
About the Author xi
Introduction 1
1 Change Yourself First 7
2 Learn Forever 8
3 Cultivate Head, Heart, and Spirit 9
4 Speak With an Authentic Voice 10
5 Distinguish Degrees of Importance 11
6 Have Simple, Clear Plans 12
7 Act on Your Values 13
8 Have Integrity 14
9 Engage in Team-Based Learning 15
10 Find the Simplicity Beyond Complexity 16
11 Be Clear About Your Vision 17
12 Write to Learn 18
13 Nurture the Soul 19
14 Make Difficult Decisions 20
15 View Everyone as Teacher and Student 21
16 Remember Your Fundamental Purpose 22
17 Choose to Dance 23
18 Create Cultures That Enable New Practices 24
19 Cultivate Empathy 25
20 Establish Ambitious Goals 26
21 Appreciate and Celebrate 27
22 Pay Attention and Remain Open 28
23 Ensure Teacher-to-Teacher Learning 29
24 Serve Students Through Values-Guided Leadership 30
25 Make Professional Learning Part of the School Day 31
26 Envision the Future 32
27 Tell Our Truth 33
28 View Mistakes as Our Teachers 34
29 Promote Laughter 35
30 Create Authentic Teams 36
31 Have a Plan 37
32 Encourage Risk Taking and Experimentation 38
33 Increase Positive Interactions 39
34 Go Together 40
35 Promote Deep and Sustained Professional Conversations 41
36 Make Reading and Writing Core Professional Activities 42
37 Be Persistent and Patient in Creating New Cultures 43
38 Use External Partners to Maintain Momentum 44
39 Be Intentional About Habits 45
40 Act Your Way Into New Beliefs 46
41 Make Professional Learning a Core Leadership Responsibility 47
42 Link Learning to Real Work 48
43 Determine the Focus for Your Instructional Leadership 49
44 Define Your Professional Purpose 50
45 Be a Teacher 51
46 Cultivate Professional Judgment 52
47 Nurture Trust 53
48 Demonstrate Empathy, Caring, and Cooperation 54
49 Match Words and Deeds 55
50 Speak Your Vision 56
51 Pay Attention to What You Learn on the Way to Your Goal 57
52 Evoke Emotion to Inspire Action and Stimulate Learning 58
53 Use Your Capacities 59
54 Invent Your Way Into the Future 60
55 Be Present 61
56 Be Efficacious 62
57 Attend to the Soul 63
58 Question Your Assumptions 64
59 Notice and Tell Stories 65
60 Be Positive 66
61 Attend Deeply to Others 67
62 Identify Multiple Solutions to Problems 68
63 Strengthen Cultural Support for Professional Learning 69
64 Live an Examined Life 70
65 Create Space 71
66 Master Yourself 72
67 Experience Genuine Teamwork 73
68 Speak Concisely 74
69 Stand for Profound Purposes 75
70 Open Minds by Touching Hearts 76
71 Adapt 77
72 Communicate Respect to Extend Influence 78
73 Learn and Teach 79
74 Use the Gap 80
75 Write to Clarify Thinking 81
76 Consider Your Impact 82
77 See Through the Eyes of Others 83
78 Use Visual Language 84
79 Slow Down 85
80 Stimulate Complex, Intelligent Behavior 86
81 Plan a Tree 87
82 Align Actions with Vision 88
83 Strengthen Relationships With Those Closest to You 89
84 Open Yourself to the Views of Others 90
85 Acquire New Habits of Mind and Practice 91
86 Collect Stories 92
87 Speak Forthrightly 93
88 Cultivate Gratitude 94
89 Act Intentionally to Change Culture 95
90 Use Problems to Promote Learning 96
91 Use Conversations to Spread Influence 97
92 Learn and Invent in Order to Address Adaptive Challenges 98
93 Mobilize Through Hopefulness 99
94 See Underlying Relationships, Not Events 100
95 Honor Feelings 101
96 Learn 102
97 Use Disequilibrium to Stimulate Growth 103
98 Be Quiet to Listen 104
99 Tap the Community's Deepest Purposes 105
100 Write to Discover What You Think 106
101 Learn From Your Childhood 107
102 Promote Professional Judgment 108
103 Delight in Meaningful, Purpose-Driven Work 109
104 Manage "Next Actions" 110
105 Find an Idea's Core 111
106 Be Clear About What You Want 112
107 Speak Your Truth 113
108 Spread Positive Emotions 114
109 Take Care of Yourself 115
110 Display Integrity by Aligning Actions With Values 116
111 Create Cultures of Interpersonal Accountability 117
112 Focus Attention on High-Impact Activities 118
113 Cultivate the Problem-Solving Abilities of Others 119
114 Develop Supportive Relationships With Colleagues 120
115 Reframe Ideas to Serve School Goals 121
116 Set Micro-Goals to Establish Momentum 122
117 Respect Human Dignity 123
118 Evoke Feelings 124
119 Tell Stories That Motivate and Guide 125
120 Use Every Opportunity to Promote Learning-Oriented Conversations 126
121 Develop Clarity Regarding Professional Learning 127
122 Develop Discernment Through Solitude and Community 128
123 Learn in Community While Solving Real Problems 129
124 Cultivate Professional Literacy 130
125 Choose Growth Over Atrophy 131
126 "Reinvent" Yourself 132
127 Promote Civility 133
128 Listen with Empathy 134
129 Offer Generosity of Spirit 135
130 Appreciate 136
131 Use Language That Promotes Community 137
132 Express Your Views 138
133 Promote a Sense of Efficacy 139
134 Believe That the "Impossible" Can Be Achieved 140
135 Make Choices That Serve the School Community 141
136 Articulate Ideas to Deepen Understanding 142
137 View Obstacles as Spurs to Creativity 143
138 Build Relationships 144
139 Be Clear About Your Purpose 145
140 "Perturb the Organism" 146
141 Teach to Learn 147
142 Assume Responsibility 148
143 Acknowledge Your Own Uncertainty 149
144 View Conversations as a Learning Process 150
145 See Opportunities in New Realities 151
146 Write Simply 152
147 Find Creative Solutions Through Collaboration 153
148 Design Meetings for Maximum Engagement 154
149 Create Intellectual and Emotional Connections 155
150 Learn Actively 156
151 Combine Research With Professional Judgment 157
152 Listen to Students' Perspectives 158
153 Tap Talents to Achieve Extraordinary Results 159
154 View "Gaping Unknowns" as a Resource 160
155 Aim High 161
156 Keep Agreements 162
157 Slow Down the Pace of Conversations 163
158 Give the Gift of Your Honest Self 164
159 Learn Every Day 165
160 Highlight the Positive Differences the School Community Makes 166
161 Link With Colleagues 167
162 Keep Your Eyes on the Road Ahead 168
163 Strengthen Relationship Skills 169
164 Experience Teamwork With Colleagues 170
165 Be Fully Present for Others 171
166 Develop New Habits 172
167 Elevate Values and Ideas 173
168 Use Collaboration to Improve Teaching 174
169 Promote Purpose, Distribute Leadership, and Develop Competence 175
170 Design Schools to Personalize Learning and Strengthen Relationships 176
171 Be Nimble to Express True Urgency 177
172 View Negative Feedback as a Gift 178
173 Tend to Your Long-Term Personal Health and Emotional Well-Being 179
174 Be an Effective Teacher 180
175 Build Community Through Storytelling 181
176 Develop Moral Purpose 182
177 See Possibility in the Unexpected 183
178 Dream Big Dreams 184
179 Learn to Say "No" 185
180 Commit to a Small Number of Professional Learning Goals 186
Epilogue 189
Author Index 191
