And it would not be until they questioned their own most basic assumptions
about «the way Magellan's was managed» — the company's dependence on them, the
heroic -
leader model they'd brought into the company from day one — that they would have a shot at doing what few founders can when the wall confronts them: getting through it.
Like successful business executives, winning coaches, and triumphant politicians, good school
leaders have traditionally been viewed as standouts — not because of their expertise in instructional practice (which, after all, is what their business is all
about), but because of their individual character traits and actions, «in the
heroic American tradition of charismatic leadership,» exlains Elmore.