When we hear the word “leadership”, a few notions often come to mind. We may associate the word with the words “inspiration” and “motivation”, a pair of married concepts, movers and shakers in the forward march which is essential to any advancement—social, personal, technological, work-based, and so on. We may think of the word “guidance”, and imagine a wise navigator charting a course through troubled and unfamiliar waters. We may consider the word “authoritative”, and reflect on authority as a benevolent tool in the hands of a benevolent leader or a destructive tool in the hands of somebody else. Other words may come to mind, such as “admirable”, “capable”, “sufficient”, or in some cases uglier words like “unfit” and “poor”.

Leaders carry a heavy load, and leaders are just as flawed and fallible as any other individual. If the job was easy, everybody would do it. In Gearing Up and (Teaming Up) For a New Leadership Transition, Susan Poglinco and Priscilla Rosenwald share their particular insights into the highs and lows of leadership, the warning signs to watch out for in a leader, and how to maintain a good level of teamwork and a rational perspective throughout their troubles with some less-than-qualified leaders in one particular charter school. Their experiences and resulting advice can be applied and practiced in a variety of contexts, for a variety of organizations and a variety of leadership figures, be they of the “admirable” variety or the “unfit” variety.

Blue Avocado: A Magazine of American Nonprofits. “Gearing Up and (Teaming Up) for a Leadership Transition.” Board Cafe. 2016. Web. (28 November 2016)

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