Built around the use of an embedded
set of connected, web - based data tools, the OIP is being used by well over half of the 612
traditional public
school districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to enact essential leadership practices as identified by the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) str
school districts and 100 + charter
schools in the state to enact essential
leadership practices as identified by the Ohio
Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of
School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) str
School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT) strategy.
Using one case study from sports (the Vancouver Giants hockey team) and one from education (Hackney
Schools Borough
in London, England), the authors illustrate how the six components of uplifting
leadership combine the hard and soft skills that are often
set against each other
in traditional leadership practice: counterintuitive thinking combined with disciplined application; dreaming with determination; collaboration with competition; metrics with meaning; pushing and pulling people into change; and long - term sustainability with short - term success.