What leaders read
What leaders read 1: key texts from the business world 
(238kb, 14 pages)
This literature review is specificially dedicated to the study of leadership and leadership development. The texts are not specifically related to education; rather they draw on the more general leadership cannon. The review has been carried out by Jonathan Abra, Martin Hunter, Robert Smith and Steve Kempster (ed) of the Lancaster University Management School.
Full report (474kb, 19 pages)
What leaders read 2: key texts from education and beyond (254kb, 14 pages)
The second literature review examines a selection of key texts from both educational and non-educational literature in order to consider their relevance to school leaders. The review has been carried out by Mel West, Mel Ainscow and Helen Notman of the University of Manchester.
Full report (317kb, 14 pages)
List of reviewed texts
Key texts from the business world
- Effective Leadership: How to develop leadership skills, John Adair, 1988 | review (94kb, 5 pages)
- Full Leadership Development: Building the Vital Forces in Organizations, Bruce J Avolio, 1999 | review (82kb, 4 pages)
- Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing, Joseph L Badaracco, 2002 | review (102kb, 5 pages)
- On Becoming a Leader, Warren G Bennis, 1994 | review (87kb, 4 pages)
- The Six Dimensions of Leadership, Andrew D Brown, 2000 | review (100kb, 5 pages)
- The Leadership Experience, Richard L Daft, 2002 | review (85kb, 4 pages)
- The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership into the Science of Results, Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyzatis and Annie McKee, 2003 | review (89kb, 5 pages)
- The Arts of Leadership, Keith Grint, 2001 | review (99kb, 4 pages)
- The Work of Leadership, Harvard Business Review, Ronald A Heifetz and Donald L Laurie, 1997 | review (94kb, 4 pages)
- The Leadership Mystique: A User's Manual for the Human Enterprise, Manfried Kets de Vries, 2001 | review (112kb, 7 pages)
- Charismatic Leadership in Organizations, Rabindra N Kanungo and Jay A Conger, 1998 | review (94kb, 5 pages)
- John P Kotter on What Leaders Really Do, John P Kotter, 1999 | review (87kb, 4 pages)
- The Leadership Challenge, James M Kouzes and Barry Z Posner, 2002 | review (92kb, 5 pages)
- Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World, Jean Lipman-Blumen, 2000 | review (107kb, 5 pages)
- The Lessons of Experience: How Successful Executives Develop on the Job, Morgan W McCall, Michael M Lombardo and Ann M Morrison, 1988 | review (93kb, 4 pages)
- Centre for Creative Leadership: Handbook of Leadership, Cynthia D McCauley, Russ S Moxley and Ellen Van Velsor, 1998 | review (112kb, 6 pages)
- Leadership: Theory and Practice, Peter G Northouse, 2000 | review (100kb, 6 pages)
- Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, Dennis T Perkins, Margaret P Holtman, Paul M Kessler and Catherine R McCarthy, 2000 | review (103kb, 5 pages)
- Managerial Leadership, Peter Wright, 1996 | review (85kb, 5 pages)
- Leadership in Organizations, Gary A Yukl, 2002 | review (89kb, 4 pages)
Key texts from education and beyond
- Transformational Leadership: Industrial, Military and Educational Impact, Bernard M Bass, 1997 | review (75kb, 2 pages)
- Charisma and Leadership in Organizations, Alan Bryman, 1993 | review (81kb, 3 pages)
- Leading the Self-managing School, Brian J Caldwell and Jim M Spinks, 1992 | review (84kb, 2 pages)
- School Effectiveness and School-based Management, Yin Cheong Cheng, 1996 | review (80kb, 3 pages)
- Good to Great, Jim Collins, 2001 | review (85kb, 2 pages)
- Leading Schools in Times of Change, Christopher Day, Alma Harris, Mark Hadfield, Harry Tolley and John Beresford, 2000 | review (75kb, 2 pages)
- Organisational Learning and Effectiveness, John Denton, 1998 | review (78kb, 3 pages)
- Educative Leadership: A Practical Theory for New Administrators and Managers, P A Duignan and R J S Macpherson (eds), 1992 | review (76kb, 2 pages)
- School Leadership: Beyond Education Management, Gerald Grace, 1995 | review (76kb, 2 pages)
- The Making of Educational Leaders, Peter Gronn, 1999 | review (79kb, 2 pages)
- Leading the Cooperative School, David W Johnson and Roger T Johnson, 1989 | review (86kb, 2 pages)
- The Constructivist Leader, Linda Lambert et al, 1995 | review (78kb, 3 pages)
- Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration, Kenneth Leithwood and Philip Hallinger (eds), 2002 | review (73kb, 2 pages)
- Changing Leadership for Changing Times, Kenneth Leithwood, Doris Jantzi and Rosanne Steinbach, 1999 | review (80kb, 3 pages)
- Effective School Leadership, John MacBeath (ed), 1998 | review (83kb, 3 pages)
- In Search of Excellence, Tom J Peters and Robert H Waterman, 1982 | review (77kb, 2 pages)
- The Principal's Role in Creating Inclusive Schools for Diverse Students, Carolyn J Riehl, 2000 | review (78kb, 3 pages)
- Leadership for Change and School Reform, Kathryn A Riley and Karen Seashore Louis (eds), 2000 | review (81kb, 3 pages)
- Organizational Culture and Leadership, Edgar Schein, 1992 | review (76kb, 2 pages)
- The Fifth Discipline, Peter M Senge, 1992 | review (76kb, 2 pages)
- Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement, Thomas J Sergiovanni, 1992 | review (76kb, 2 pages)
- Readings In Primary School Development, Geoff Southworth (ed), 1994 | review (73kb, 2 pages)
- Investigating School Leadership Practice, J P Spillane, R Halverson and J B Diamond, 2001 | review (74kb, 2 pages)
- The Drama of Leadership, Robert J Starrat, 1993 | review (78kb, 2 pages)
- Changing Our Schools, Louise Stoll and Dean Fink, 1996 | review (83kb, 2 pages)
- Leadership for Quality Schooling: International Perspectives, Kam-cheung Wong and Colin W Evers (eds), 2001 | review (76kb, 2 pages)
- Leadership in Organizations, Gary A Yukl, 2002 | review (73kb, 2 pages)
