Paul D. Houston & Stephen L. Sokolow 
The Wise Leader [EPUB ebook] 
Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons

Core values and principles can sustain and inspire you during challenging times, and the more you practice and embody them, the more likely you are to become a wiser leader.Paul D. Houston, executive director emeritus of the American Association of School Administrators, and Stephen L. Sokolow, a founding partner and executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, offer eighteen core leadership values and principles to help you do the right things, in the right way, at the right time, and for the right reasons. The core values youll learn include how tofocus on the positive;empower and uplift others;operate from a base of compassion; andrecognize the seeds of wisdom.Wise leaders view all people as having natural gifts, and its important to help them grow. Whats more, supporting and valuing people encourages them to do more for you and for the organization.Enhance organizational productivity, creativity, and capacity by learning and applying eighteen core values of The Wise Leader.Never will you find such a constellation of distilled wisdom on leadership for all circumstances.Michael Fullan, professor emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto

About the author

Paul D. Houston, the executive director emeritus of the American Association of School Administrators, holds a doctorate from Harvard University. He is also the author of Giving Wings to Childrens Dreams and the coauthor of The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership. The president of the Center for Empowered Leadership, he has three grown children and lives with his fiance, Dr. Sandra Chapman, in Tucson, Arizona.

Stephen L. Sokolow, formerly a superintendent of schools in New Jersey, holds a doctorate from Temple University. He previously coauthored The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership. The executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, he and his wife, Laney, have two grown children and live in Allentown, New Jersey.