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<span><span>This book is a practical tool to aid both the novice and experienced administrator grow their leadership skillset. The fieldguide is replete with scenarios of actual K12 school incidents (including solutions and rationales) to guide the leader through analysis and reflection.</span></span>

<span><span>Preface</span></span>
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<span><span>Introduction: Why a Fieldbook?</span></span>
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<span><span>Situational Judgment Tests</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 1: Lessons on CREDIBILITY</span></span>
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<span><span>Tickets to the Big Game</span></span>
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<span><span>Under the Influence</span></span>
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<span><span>Hot Times</span></span>
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<span><span>Bomb Threat</span></span>
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<span><span>Aspiring Leaders</span></span>
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<span><span>Medically Incompetent</span></span>
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<span><span>A Hard Pill to Swallow<br>Exception to the Rule</span></span>
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<span><span>Delegation of Authority</span></span>
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<span><span>Living the Life</span></span>
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<span><span>A Snapshot of Reality</span></span>
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<span><span>Failure to Launch</span></span>
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<span><span>The First Question is Often the Toughes</span></span>
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<span><span>Name Calling</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 2: Credibility: SJT’s Authors’ Options</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 3: Lessons on COMPETENCE </span></span>
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<span><span>Leadership Orientation</span></span>
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<span><span>Gun in the Classroom</span></span>
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<span><span>The List</span></span>
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<span><span>Fighting with the Principal</span></span>
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<span><span>The Audit</span></span>
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<span><span>There’s a Piano in My Ear</span></span>
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<span><span>Lights Out</span></span>
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<span><span>You’re not the Boss of Me</span></span>
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<span><span>It’s not Rocket Science!</span></span>
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<span><span>Down at the Tank</span></span>
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<span><span>Mr. Mayor</span></span>
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<span><span>Yelling</span></span>
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<span><span>To Be or Not to Be?</span></span>
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<span><span>Testing Strikes Again</span></span>
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<span><span>The Bottom Line</span></span>
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<span><span>Erasing 100 ‘Atta-Boys’</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 4: COMPETENCE SJT’s Authors’ Options</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 5: Lessons on the ability to INSPIRE</span></span>
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<span><span>On the Picket Line</span></span>
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<span><span>The Class Ring</span></span>
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<span><span>A Cheerleading Conundrum</span></span>
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<span><span>Get rid of the Leadership Class</span></span>
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<span><span>The Budget is Much More than a Budget</span></span>
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<span><span>It’s Not My Job</span></span>
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<span><span>A Wanted Man</span></span>
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<span><span>Define Nasty</span></span>
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<span><span>A Complex Puzzle with Many Pieces</span></span>
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<span><span>Publish or Perish</span></span>
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<span><span>An Apple a Day</span></span>
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<span><span>Time for an Intervention</span></span>
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<span><span>From the Heart</span></span>
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<span><span>Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 6: Ability to INSPIRE SJT’s Options</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 7: Lessons on VISION</span></span>
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<span><span>A Vision</span></span>
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<span><span>Social Media</span></span>
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<span><span>A Storm Is Brewing</span></span>
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<span><span>Little White Lies</span></span>
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<span><span>Distributed Leadership</span></span>
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<span><span>Duh</span></span>
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<span><span>A New LeaderI Can’t see the Forest for the Trees<br>An Audience<br>Demanding to Defend</span></span>
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<span><span>Lunch is Never Really Free</span></span>
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<span><span>On the Road Again</span></span>
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<span><span>Succession</span></span>
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<span><span>Edward Scissorhands</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 8: VISION SJT’s Authors’ Options</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 9: Lessons on EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLS</span></span>
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<span><span>Advice to a Close Associate</span></span>
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<span><span>Ma’am Step Away from the Car</span></span>
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<span><span>A New Schedule</span></span>
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<span><span>Feet of Clay</span></span>
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<span><span>Sweet Clarity</span></span>
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<span><span>Honestly?</span></span>
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<span><span>Fun at Work?</span></span>
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<span><span>Compassion</span></span>
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<span><span>Of Buses and Bikinis</span></span>
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<span><span>Twins</span></span>
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<span><span>Self-Knowledge</span></span>
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<span><span>Does Orientation Matter?</span></span>
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<span><span>Collective Wisdom</span></span>
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<span><span>Disappointment</span></span>
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<span><span>What Goes Around Comes Around</span></span>
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<span><span>Take Two</span></span>
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<span><span>Empathy</span></span>
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<span><span>Cookies, Anyone?</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 10: EI/SOFT SKILLS SJT’s Authors’ Options</span></span>
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<span><span>Authors’ Solutions</span></span>
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<span><span>CREDIBILITY</span></span>
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<span><span>COMPETENCE</span></span>
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<span><span>ABILITY TO INSPIRE</span></span>
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<span><span>VISION</span></span>
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<span><span>EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/SOFT SKILLS</span></span>
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<span><span>Appendix A – SMALL GROUP CARDS</span></span>
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<span><span>Appendix B – LSI Interpretation Chart</span></span>
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<span><span>Appendix C— Activities to Improve Your Leadership Intelligence</span></span>
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<span><span>Notes</span></span>

<span><span>Wanda Maulding Green </span><span>is an educational leadership faculty member at the University of South Alabama and has served in leadership roles in both K12 and higher education. She is co-author of the book, </span><span>Leadership Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North.</span></span>
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<span><span>Edward Leonard </span><span>is a retired school superintendent and higher education administrator. He currently teaches leadership courses at the University of South Alabama and is co-author of the book, Leadership</span><span> Intelligence – Navigating to Your True North. </span></span>
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