Leadership In Wonderland

"I don't have the experience or education - who am I to lead? What if I fail?" Sometimes being a leader can feel like you are falling down the rabbit hole. Leadership in Wonderland introduces wonder into the process of becoming a better, more confident manager, team captain, or influencer. Leadership in Wonderland, a combination book with workbook, takes you on a journey of self-discovery, through reading, thinking, and doing as you follow Alice's odyssey to reach her full potential. The book is written to give everyone an individual experience; there aren't any 'prescriptions' - no set lessons of what you are 'supposed to do.' Therefore, what you learn, and how you choose to apply it will be unique to you.In reading the book you will learn how to: * make better decisions by understanding and including different opinions, * be a better communicator, * develop trust, * face your own fears, * overcome the imposter syndrome, * develop allies, * consider differing motivations and personalities, * build a team, * find your voice.Inside the story, you will encounter the colorful world of Alice's company, Leaves-of-Wonderland, Purveyor of Fine Teas. Some of the characters you meet are from the classic tale including such favorites as Hatter, the President; Duchess, the Director of Quality Assurance; Caterpillar, a Management Consultant, and Cheshire Cat, the eyes and ears of the company. Other folk you'll find inside are new to Wonderland.Leadership in Wonderland draws on the authors' decades of hands-on experience cultivating and placing leaders. Rebecca's company, Pinnacle Management Group, coaches, trains, assesses and consults in the area of collaborative leadership and team engagement. Susan's company, Susan Goldberg Executive Search Consulting, assists leaders to develop and implement senior level recruiting and hiring strategies, including corresponding marketing, integration, and transition. She also coaches younger leaders on their individual people management situations. Their clients have included such notables as the U.S. Army, Cablevision, and HSBC along with smaller organizations and non-profits.

With the Terror unleashed on Wonderland, everything that Calie has built will come tumbling down... After a stretch of peace, war returns to Wonderland... along with the tyrannical Ace of Spades, the trickster known as the Red Rabbit, and Calie's own daughter, Violet, who has been corrupted by the spirit of the Mad Hatter. As Calie rallies her troops, madness threatens to invade the Realm of Dreams once again! "If you love fantasy, you will definitely find a lot to like here." - Comic Crusaders "Wonderland has been on my must read list ever since issue #1 and it promises to only get better." - Geekadelphia

After years of torment at the hands of Wonderland and its many psychopathic denizens, Calie Liddle finally claimed victory. By defeating the Queen of Spades, Calie has assumed leadership of wonderland and her reign over the realm of madness has just gotten started. With the White Rabbit and reformed Cheshire Cat by her side, Calie seeks to transform the tainted realm back to its original glory... But it will not be an easy task.

The first year or so of a pastor's tenure in a new congregation is precarious; many pastors stay at a new congregation for fewer than five years. This handbook helps coach both experienced and new pastors to enter a new congregation effectively. Drawing from organizational systems leadership material in religious and secular worlds, it offers nearly fifty tips and tools designed to help new pastors analyze their congregation's system and then to lead leaders within the congregation to affect positive change. Using imagery from Alice in Wonderland to clarify various archetypal roles within the church community, Harris provides concrete suggestions for facilitating communication and dealing with difficult behaviors within the congregation. He provides a coaching approach to ministry, in which the pastor reframes issues and asks provocative questions—a powerful strategy to maximize a new pastor’s chances for success. Readers will find tools to help them uncover critical information about their new congregation regarding: congregational norms, particularly regarding the office of pastor, conflict, and holy objects; their history and sense of God's call; the true leaders among the congregation; mutual accountability.

Recent research into school effectiveness has corroborated the theory that the school leader plays a pivotal role making their school a successful institution, and is most often cited as the key factor in a school’s development. Reflecting the importance it is given in the today’s education landscape, this book explores the latest trends in school leadership from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Each chapter provides insight into an aspect of current research, with detailed case studies coming from as far afield as Hong Kong and Canada. In the context of the ever-increasing burden of responsibility placed on education management to safeguard and enhance the quality of education they provide, school leadership is now a core concern of policy makers. In addition, most countries are undertaking fundamental education reforms that will have a major influence on the nature of school leadership. Offering the most up-to-date research on this central issue, this book will both inform and shape the debate.

The SAGE Guide to Educational Leadership and Management allows readers to gain knowledge of educational management in practice while providing insights into challenges facing educational leaders and the strategies, skills, and techniques needed to enhance administrative performance. This guide emphasizes the important skills that effective leaders must develop and refine, including communication, developing teams, coaching and motivating, and managing time and priorities. While being brief, simply written, and a highly practical overview for individuals who are new to this field, this reference guide will combine practice and research, indicate current issues and directions, and choices that need to be made. Features & Benefits: 30 brief, signed chapters are organized in 10 thematic parts in one volume available in a choice of electronic or print formats designed to enable quick access to basic information. Selective boxes enrich and support the narrative chapters with case examples of effective leadership in action. Chapters conclude with bibliographic endnotes and references to further readings to guide students to more in-depth presentations in other published sources. Back matter includes an annotated listing of organizations, associations, and journals focused on educational leadership and administration and a detailed index. This reference guide will serve as a vital source of knowledge to any students pursuing an education degree as well as for individuals interested in the subject matter that do not have a strong foundation of the topic.

Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Research Methods in Bolton, UK, on 28-29 June 2011

Revolution is rising in Wonderland. Dinah’s battle has begun. Colleen Oakes’s twisted reimagining of the Queen of Hearts origin story continues in this thrilling sequel, Blood of Wonderland. Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland. The vicious father she always feared has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother and turned the kingdom against her. Now hiding in the lush and mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice—to leave Wonderland forever, or stay and fight her father for the throne. When a chance encounter with one of her father’s long-lost enemies brings Dinah more allies than she ever could have imagined, war starts to feel inevitable. But before Dinah can lead her people into combat, she must confront certain truths about her heart and her destiny—no matter how dark those truths may be. Don’t miss War of the Cards, the epic conclusion to the Queen of Hearts trilogy.