Strategic Listening for School Leaders
Jeannine S. Tate
- George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Dennis R. Dunklee
- Emeritus, George Mason University, Virginia, USA
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"The author's observation and analysis of the various aspects of listening certainly point out the 'art of administration'.'Knowing how to listen and accurately interpret what is heard is a true art. Readers should study this very closely."
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor
College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication
Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal
Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK
Develop strategic listening skills to help advance your overall communication expertise!
The ability to communicate effectively with multiple constituencies is recognized as an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Listening strategically is a way of showing parents, students, faculty, staff, and others that their ideas and beliefs are of value. Jeannine Tate and Dennis Dunklee's practitioner-friendly book concentrates on the importance of listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations. Strategic Listening for School Leaders offers valuable, practical insights and research on how listening, serious conversation, and thoughtful dialogue strengthen school leaders' ability to understand others' strengths, motivations, and weaknesses. By learning to listen, the authors demonstrate how a leader can bring out the best in everyone.
Focusing on an effective style of listening, the authors present:
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor
College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication
Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal
Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK
Develop strategic listening skills to help advance your overall communication expertise!
The ability to communicate effectively with multiple constituencies is recognized as an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Listening strategically is a way of showing parents, students, faculty, staff, and others that their ideas and beliefs are of value. Jeannine Tate and Dennis Dunklee's practitioner-friendly book concentrates on the importance of listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations. Strategic Listening for School Leaders offers valuable, practical insights and research on how listening, serious conversation, and thoughtful dialogue strengthen school leaders' ability to understand others' strengths, motivations, and weaknesses. By learning to listen, the authors demonstrate how a leader can bring out the best in everyone.
Focusing on an effective style of listening, the authors present:
- The basic theories underlying strategic listening
- Succinct examples of strategic listening in practice
- The positive impact of strategic listening on school leadership and school climate
Contents
Foreword by Roland S. Barth
Foreword by Roland S. Barth
Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I: Strategic Listening In Theory
- 1. Understanding the Basics of Strategic Listening
- 2. The Listening Process and Different Ways We Listen
- 3. Barriers to Effective Listening
Part II: Strategic Listening in Practice
- 4. Strategic Listening in Difficult Situations
- 5. Listening to Your Constituencies and Managing Your Allegiance
- 6. Strategic Listening to Build Trust
- 7. An Insider's Look at Strategic Listening in Action
- 8. Listening to and Presenting Data
- 9. Considerations for Your Own Practice
- Resource
- References
- Index
Additional materials
Description
"The author's observation and analysis of the various aspects of listening certainly point out the 'art of administration'.'Knowing how to listen and accurately interpret what is heard is a true art. Readers should study this very closely."
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor
College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication
Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal
Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK
Develop strategic listening skills to help advance your overall communication expertise!
The ability to communicate effectively with multiple constituencies is recognized as an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Listening strategically is a way of showing parents, students, faculty, staff, and others that their ideas and beliefs are of value. Jeannine Tate and Dennis Dunklee's practitioner-friendly book concentrates on the importance of listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations. Strategic Listening for School Leaders offers valuable, practical insights and research on how listening, serious conversation, and thoughtful dialogue strengthen school leaders' ability to understand others' strengths, motivations, and weaknesses. By learning to listen, the authors demonstrate how a leader can bring out the best in everyone.
Focusing on an effective style of listening, the authors present:
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor
College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication
Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal
Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK
Develop strategic listening skills to help advance your overall communication expertise!
The ability to communicate effectively with multiple constituencies is recognized as an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Listening strategically is a way of showing parents, students, faculty, staff, and others that their ideas and beliefs are of value. Jeannine Tate and Dennis Dunklee's practitioner-friendly book concentrates on the importance of listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations. Strategic Listening for School Leaders offers valuable, practical insights and research on how listening, serious conversation, and thoughtful dialogue strengthen school leaders' ability to understand others' strengths, motivations, and weaknesses. By learning to listen, the authors demonstrate how a leader can bring out the best in everyone.
Focusing on an effective style of listening, the authors present:
- The basic theories underlying strategic listening
- Succinct examples of strategic listening in practice
- The positive impact of strategic listening on school leadership and school climate
Contents
Foreword by Roland S. Barth
Foreword by Roland S. Barth
Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I: Strategic Listening In Theory
- 1. Understanding the Basics of Strategic Listening
- 2. The Listening Process and Different Ways We Listen
- 3. Barriers to Effective Listening
Part II: Strategic Listening in Practice
- 4. Strategic Listening in Difficult Situations
- 5. Listening to Your Constituencies and Managing Your Allegiance
- 6. Strategic Listening to Build Trust
- 7. An Insider's Look at Strategic Listening in Action
- 8. Listening to and Presenting Data
- 9. Considerations for Your Own Practice
- Resource
- References
- Index
Additional materials
Reviews
May 2005 | 136 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412913300 | $73.95 |
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412913317 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483361376 | $35.00 |
"The author's observation and analysis of the various aspects of listening certainly point out the 'art of administration'.'Knowing how to listen and accurately interpret what is heard is a true art. Readers should study this very closely."
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor
College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication
Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal
Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK
Develop strategic listening skills to help advance your overall communication expertise!
The ability to communicate effectively with multiple constituencies is recognized as an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Listening strategically is a way of showing parents, students, faculty, staff, and others that their ideas and beliefs are of value. Jeannine Tate and Dennis Dunklee's practitioner-friendly book concentrates on the importance of listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations. Strategic Listening for School Leaders offers valuable, practical insights and research on how listening, serious conversation, and thoughtful dialogue strengthen school leaders' ability to understand others' strengths, motivations, and weaknesses. By learning to listen, the authors demonstrate how a leader can bring out the best in everyone.
Focusing on an effective style of listening, the authors present:
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor
College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication
Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal
Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK
Develop strategic listening skills to help advance your overall communication expertise!
The ability to communicate effectively with multiple constituencies is recognized as an essential characteristic of effective leaders. Listening strategically is a way of showing parents, students, faculty, staff, and others that their ideas and beliefs are of value. Jeannine Tate and Dennis Dunklee's practitioner-friendly book concentrates on the importance of listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations. Strategic Listening for School Leaders offers valuable, practical insights and research on how listening, serious conversation, and thoughtful dialogue strengthen school leaders' ability to understand others' strengths, motivations, and weaknesses. By learning to listen, the authors demonstrate how a leader can bring out the best in everyone.
Focusing on an effective style of listening, the authors present:
- The basic theories underlying strategic listening
- Succinct examples of strategic listening in practice
- The positive impact of strategic listening on school leadership and school climate
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword by Roland S. Barth
- Preface
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Part I: Strategic Listening In Theory
- 1. Understanding the Basics of Strategic Listening
- 2. The Listening Process and Different Ways We Listen
- 3. Barriers to Effective Listening
- Part II: Strategic Listening in Practice
- 4. Strategic Listening in Difficult Situations
- 5. Listening to Your Constituencies and Managing Your Allegiance
- 6. Strategic Listening to Build Trust
- 7. An Insider's Look at Strategic Listening in Action
- 8. Listening to and Presenting Data
- 9. Considerations for Your Own Practice
- Resource
- References
- Index
Recent Product Reviews:
"The author's observation and analysis of the various aspects of listening certainly point out the 'art of administration'. Knowing how to listen and accurately interpret what is heard is a true art. Readers should study this very closely."
Richard Flynn, Assistant Professor, College of Education, Murray State University
"The author understands and listens to the needs of the educational leader and provides useful tools for coping with the diverse needs and challenges of the educational environment."
Michael Purdy, Professor of Communication, Governors State University
"Tate and Dunklee provide insights into the needs of the speakers and strategies to improve listening effectiveness, illustrating how enhancing listening skills would benefit the entire school culture."
Katherine Taber, Principal, Jefferson Elementary School, Norman, OK