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The Fourth Tier examines the various roles (leadership tiers) that all leaders must master to be highly effective. These tiers include the leader as a high performing manager, the leader as an expert in their chosen field, and the leader as a builder of teams who are mission driven.
The fourth of these leadership tiers involves the ability to provide charismatic leadership to the organization. Charisma is the result of eight specific leadership qualities that can be understood and taught. This book examines each of those eight charismatic leadership attributes in detail. How these charismatic leadership attributes can be learned and how they relate to each other to form a comprehensive view of the charismatic leader are also addressed.
An examination of how state agencies assigned to assess and license education leaders address, or fail to address, these charismatic leadership attributes is also explored in detail.
The Fourth Tier also examines the important impact and reciprocal relationships that occur between charismatic leaders and those who follow and support charismatic leaders in pursuit of the leader's mission.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Four Tiers of Leadership
Chapter 2: Leading in a VUCA World
Chapter 3: The Power of Distributed Charisma
Chapter 4: Emotion: The Missing Standard
Chapter: 5 Building Systemic Trust
Chapter 6: Competence: The Prerequisite Standard
Chapter 7: Influence across the Tiers
Chapter 8: Energy Prioritized
Chapter 9: Confidence: It Can Be Done
Chapter 10: Tier 4 Missions
Chapter 11: Integrity: The Foundational Standard
Chapter 12: Charisma: It Can Be Taught
Chapter 13: Succession Planning
Chapter 14: The Charismatic Follower
Chapter 15: The Dark Side of Charisma
Chapter 16: All Together Now
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
Chris Colwell is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Education at Stetson University. His forty-two year career includes serving as a district leader and principal at al levels of P-12 education.
Summary
The Fourth Tier examines the eight attributes of leadership that all charismatic leaders possess.
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Leadership preparation programs often emphasize the priorities of management, and instructional leadership. The Fourth Tier, however, elevates the conversation with groundbreaking discussion on mission, charismatic leadership, and results. Dr. Colwell considers the attributes that create an interpersonal leader who adeptly leads schools in complex and potentially volatile times. The Fourth Tier will prepare new leaders for the challenges they will face, but is also an essential read for school leaders at any stage. After reading The Fourth Tier, it is clear that charismatic leadership should be at the forefront of any conversation on school leadership in modern times.
