Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading

By R. Heifetz, M. Linsky. 2002

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Why Some Teachers Resist Change and What Principals Can Do About It (2006, background): “Although teachers' values and attitudes may appear outmoded or dysfunctional to principals, Heifetz and Linsky (2002) warned leaders that asking people to change is, in essence, challenging how they identify themselves.”
Leadership Development via Action Learning (2010, background): “Organizations are faced with the growing challenge of increasing the capabilities of their leaders with less time and less resources (Bennis & Nanus, 1997; Linsky & Heifetz, 2002; Lojeski, 2010).”
DANCING WITH RESISTANCE: LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN FOSTERING A CULTURE OF INCLUSION (2006, background): “Heifetz (1994; Heifetz & Linsky, 2002) 2 By meta-narrative, we mean an overarching story, or one that allows interpreting all the other stories within it.”
A Question of Trust: Predictive Conditions for Adaptive and Technical Leadership in Educational Contexts (2008, unknown): “…leadership directly addresses those problems where a gap exists between the values people hold and the reality they face, especially strongly held values that at one time may have been effective, but are presently an impedance to current pervasive educational challenges (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002).”
Why Teachers Trust School Leaders. (2013, background): “5 Adaptability is part of relationships and organizations that remain effective (Heifetz and Linsky, 2002, p. 14).”