Fiona J. Peterson

Creative Leadership Signposts in Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

. . . Turn Left at the Duck Pond!

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Creative ways of thinking about leadership are helpful to guide practice and personal growth. This book builds a strategic roadmap for creative leadership practice, putting the spotlight on a leader’s professional development journey in the process. The book is about leadership on the ground in higher education, where the ‘rubber hits the road’. It can also be useful in business, or for anyone wanting to think outside the square. Through a creative storytelling approach, the author takes the reader through Tuscany and her on-the-job experience as a leader of learning and teaching. Along the way, she explains some of the theoretical influences on her thinking and practice – in ways and combinations she hadn’t read about in other leadership books, or experienced in professional development programmes. Through real stories, the author shows how she made creative connections in building her own knowledge on present and past experience, with reflection on how practice can be improved with a clear focus on collegiality and strategic outcomes. This approach reflects the five creative leadership signposts that she explains and illustrates throughout the book. "

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sense Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789462094253
• Artikelnr.: 43605144

Inhaltsangabe

"List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; About the Author’s Leadership Role; Introduction; Section 1. Real Stories: Journey of Learning about Leadership; Chapter 1. Villa Bordoni; Turn left at the duck pond!; Chapter 2. My Challenge; Why did I write this book?; What do I focus on?; Section 2. Creative Thinking: Influences onWays of Thinking about Leadership; Chapter 3. Finding My Way; Explicit, implicit and tacit knowledge; Hermeneutics; Mode 2 knowledge; Actor-network theory; Chapter 4. Practice Model; Designing a learning environment; Strategic knowledge network; Section 3. Social Constructivism: Building Knowledge about Leadership; Chapter 5. Signposts; Signposts so far; Strategic thinking so far; Creative leadership signposts and their cues; Chapter 6. Different Approaches; Integrated strategic approaches and their cues; Signposts and integrated approaches; Section 4. Reflective Practice: Application of Thinking about Leadership; Chapter 7. Analysing Initiatives; Coming together in a merger – The plan; Coming together in a merger – What happened?; Chapter 8. Professional Development; Professional network experience; Further learning; Extending practice; Section 5. Strategic Outcomes: Roadmap for Creative Leadership; Chapter 9. Towards Creative Leadership; Being an effective leader; Strategic roadmap; Creative leadership effectiveness; Chapter 10. Back to Villa Bordoni; Joined up thinking; More stories; Final roadmap for creative leadership; Postscript; Appendices; Appendix; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; References; Index. "