The Courage to Lead: Choosing the Road Less Traveled, Dec/2005

"This guide identifies six areas where transformational leaders can take action, provides exercises for defining both the personal and organizational vision, and assesses leadership through the use of standards."
— Reference & Research Book News, May 2006

Here is a handbook that will guide each reader through ten chapters that include models, tools, and exercises to develop collaborative leadership. The Courage to Lead is written by two successful school principals that have provided practical lessons and activities that will build the leadership capacity of anyone who reads it. Included in this book are ways to increase collaboration with reciprocal benefits for leaders and followers and ways to develop and sustain top performance in leadership. Servais and Sanders have written this handbook with a hope and spirit of celebration to encourage leaders who have chosen the road less traveled not to travel alone.

Will be of interest to school superintendents, principals, teachers, professors of educational leadership, and candidates in administrative graduate programs.

About the Authors
Kristine Servais is an assistant professor in educational leadership. She has been a middle school and elementary teacher, middle school assistant principal and principal, and director of field experiences for preservice teachers.

Kellie Sanders is an elementary school principal, as well as a former middle and elementary school teacher and assistant principal.