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• Preface
• The Story in the Title
• The Scope and Organisation of the Book
• The Book’s Features and Benefits
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Part A: Identifying the Proper Purpose of Leadership Work
• Chapter 1. Three Proper Purposes of Education
• The Proper Purposes of Educational Institutions
• Less Satisfactory Approaches to Identifying the Right Work
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 2. Linking the Purposes to the Science of Learning and Teaching
• How Students Learn
• Implications for Classroom Teaching
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Part B: Doing the Right Leadership Work
• Chapter 3. Implications of the Science of Learning and Teaching for Leadership
• Dimension 1: Setting Goals and Expectations for Deep Learning
• Dimension 2: Resourcing Strategically for Deep Learning
• Dimension 3: Ensuring Quality Teaching for Deep Learning
• Dimension 4: Leading Teacher Professional Learning for Deep Learning
• Dimension 5: Ensuring a Safe and Orderly Environment for Deep Learning
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 4. Taking Context Seriously
• Traditional Concepts of Context
• Proposed Concept of Context
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Part C: Doing the Right Work the Right Way
• Chapter 5. Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
• Virtues Explained
• Virtues as Inclusive of Motives, Knowledge, and Skills
• The Place of Virtues in Leadership Frameworks
• A Taxonomy of Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 6. Leadership Virtues
• Sources of Leadership Influence
• Virtuous Leadership Motivations
• Identifying and Nurturing a Virtuous Disposition to Lead
• Recruiting and Retaining Virtuous Leaders
• Reluctance to Lead
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 7. Problem-Solving Virtues: Strategic
• The Role of Knowledge and Skill in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
• The Role of Motivation in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
• Connecting the Details With the Big Picture
• Finding the Strategic Focus
• Enacting the Strategic Focus
• Maintaining the Strategic Focus
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 8. Problem-Solving Virtues: Analytic
• Analytic Virtues and Theories of Action
• Analytic Virtues and Truth-Seeking
• Motivational Aspects of Analytic Virtues
• The Ladder of Inference: A Tool for Truth-Seeking Leaders
• Strategic and Analytic Virtues in Action
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 9. Problem-Solving Virtues: Imaginative
• Imaginative Virtues and the Integration of Solution Requirements
• Imaginative Virtues, Creativity, and Problem-Solving
• Strategic, Analytic, and Imaginative Virtues in Action
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 10. Interpersonal Virtues
• Relational Trust: A Guide for Deriving Interpersonal Virtues
• Four Interpersonal Virtues
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 11. Integrating Leadership, Problem-Solving, and Interpersonal Virtues
• The Task-Relationship Dilemma
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 12. Being Virtuous in Tough Spots
• Fostering Accurate Reporting
• Building Collegial Accountability
• Providing Critical Evaluation
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Chapter 13. Virtuous Leadership of Educational Improvement: A Case Study
• The Problem: Attendance at Vauxhall Secondary College
• The Leaders: Roles and Contributions
• The Method: Using CCPS to Improve Attendance
• The New Challenge: Addressing an Unanticipated Obstacle
• Reflections on the Success of CCPS at Vauxhall Secondary College
• Reflections on the Contributions of Leaders’ Virtues to the Success of CCPS at VSC
• Summary
• Reflection and Action
• Conclusion
• Chapter 14. Conclusion
• References
• Index