Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Implementing and Sustaining a Mission and Vision with Focused and Profound Clarity -- Chapter 2: Communicating Ideas Effectively with Precise and Straightforward Language -- Chapter 3: Building a Diverse and Competent Team to Successfully Address the Mission -- Chapter 4: Engendering Trust, Loyalty, and Respect Through Humility, Humor, and Personal Example -- Chapter 5: Leading and Serving with Emotional Intelligence and Empathy -- Chapter 6: Exercising Situational Competence and Responding Appropriately to Implement Effective Change -- Chapter 7: Rising Beyond Personal and Professional Trials Through Tenacity, Persistence, Resilience, and Courage -- Chapter 8: Exercising Purposeful Visibility -- Chapter 9: Demonstrating Personal Growth and Enhanced Competence as a Lifelong Learner, Willing to Reflect on and Expand Ideas -- Chapter 10: Believing That Hope Can Become a Reality -- Chapter 11: Achieving Authentic Leadership in Schools -- Appendix A: A Chronology of Abraham Lincoln's Life -- References -- Index -- About the Authors -- Search this Book.