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Synopsis
Guiding Principles for Commonsense Leadership by Charles E. Garrett, Jr.
Picture the conductor of a great orchestra. There he is, baton in hand, passionately directing talented professionals in a beautiful performance.
Now imagine the conductor hears a discordant note from a cellist in the orchestra and decides to replace the guilty person with himself. The conductor sits among the other musicians and plays the cello. He plays wonderfully. He may be the best cellist in the orchestra!
But who is conducting the orchestra?
Over the years Dr. Charles E. Garrett Jr. came to understand that one of his strengths was in the orchestration of a team of talented men and women. He discovered that he was good at seeking out strong educators and helping them fully realize and utilize their skills. This was an important skill in his world of education. By guiding their talents and providing a collaborative emphasis, they were able to produce results beyond any one person's ability. He simply orchestrated the effort.
Today's educational leaders work in an extraordinarily challenging environment. Public support is uneven at best, and elected officials at the state and federal levels constantly drive change that is motivated by political ideology. Administrators must meet state and federal mandates, often a burdensome necessity, while providing exemplary local schools, which is often a more immediate priority.
Guiding Principles for Commonsense Leadership by Dr. Charles Garrett offers strategies to shape schools and districts into organizations that can adapt, survive, and thrive in today's difficult environment.
Readers will learn to:
- Develop a nimble organization that manages change effectively;
- Build a culture of ongoing success and support;
- Help all staff become fully realized in their roles; and
- Surpass previous levels of professional success while enjoying personal fulfillment.
The ideas are simple to understand but take courage and commitment to carry out. The key is for each school leader to implement an intentional program of empowerment of all staff and to help each one become fully realized. A fully realized staff member is a highly competent, self-motivated, creative staff member who is an authority in his/her job assignment.
United professionals working together collaboratively with purpose will be successful! They will overcome obstacles! Skillful implementation of the ideas in Guiding Principles For Commonsense Leadership will help organizations achieve at their very highest levels.
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About the Author
Charles E. Garrett, Jr., author of Guiding Principles for Commonsense Leadership
Dr. Garrett served as president of the Mississippi Association of School Administrators. He was nominated to the American Association of School Administrators' Superintendent of the Year program and was named the Mississippi Association of School Administrators' Superintendent of the Year.
While teaching and coaching in New Mexico, he created the first statewide poll for women's high school sports (a girls' high school basketball poll), for which the Albuquerque Journal, the state's largest newspaper, eventually asked to assume responsibility.
Later, In Olive Branch, Mississippi, Dr. Garrett served as a director and moderator for a television program about gender and race equity (i.e., giving students equal access to resources). In New Albany, Mississippi, his efforts were integral in changing Mississippi high school sports programs from five classifications to six.
He was West Tennessee's Coach of the Year for boys' basketball and served as the coach for the Girls North All-Stars in the all-star basketball game in Farmington, New Mexico.
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