Build on your staff's strengths for optimized leadership

Best-selling author Sheryl G. Feinstein demonstrates how educational leaders can apply a popular business prototype of leadership strengths and the latest brain research to lead effectively. Her new book, co-authored by veteran administrator and instructional leader Robert W. Kiner, outlines four leadership styles--executer, relationship builder, influencer, and strategic thinker--and shows how to capitalize on them to:

• Create a positive school culture
• Mentor and supervise teachers
• Keep track of standardized testing
• Foster community partnerships
• Use data to inform curriculum and instruction

The authors link current cognitive research with the challenges of educational leadership to make clear the links between neural wiring, learning, and leading.