The theme of this book is: If you can't lead a party of one - yourself - how can you expect to be the boss of other people and of organizations?

Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs has been an educator at every level - from teaching kindergarten to teaching post-graduate courses in leadership, assessment, curriculum, technology, instructional design and delivery.
She has been a leader in classrooms, of schools, at the district level, as a consultant to educational leaders, as a primary investigator of an NSF STEM grant to join engineering and education.
Dr. Remigia Kushner is a Professor of Education and Director of Educational Leadership in the Graduate Education Program at Manhattan College. She has been an elementary and secondary school teacher of math and science, a secondary principal, a district and associate superintendent with responsibility for the recruitment, retention, and development of school leaders.
Her research interests include professional development, continuous improvement of teaching and learning, and reflective leadership practice.

Introduction
Part I: Leadership Development
Chapter 1: Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way
Chapter 2: Secrets of Leadership
Chapter 3: Growing Into Leadership
Part II: Leading Self
Chapter 4: The Secret of Getting Ahead Is Getting Started
Chapter 5: If You Always Succeed, You Are Overqualified
Chapter 6: All Change Begins With a Change of Mind
Reflection- Part II
Part III: Leading Others to Lead Themselves
Chapter 7: Find a Parade and Get in Front of It
Chapter 8: Fusing Power and People
Chapter 9: From Dependence to Independence to Interdependence
Reflection - Part III
Part IV: Leading/ Transforming the Organization
Chapter 10: All of Us Is Smarter Than One of Us
Chapter 11: If You Want to Be Smart, Hire Up
Chapter 12: A Platform for Spreading Ideas That Work
Reflection - Part IV
Part V: The Future of Leadership
Chapter 13: Leadership as Action, Not Position
Chapter 14: Whatever You Are, Be a Good One
Chapter 15: Participantship: The Future of Leadership _Toc448575277