The Principal's Backpack

"Principals know all too well the stresses of school leadership. Balancing the difficulties of the job with the importance of being an effective school leader takes purposeful self-management. In The Principal's Backpack: Tips and Tools for Managing Yourself (So You Can Manage Everything Else), author Nancy Karlin Flynn offers a host of ways to not only survive but thrive as a school leader. Drawing on her background as an accomplished hiker and mountain climber, her many years of experience leading schools, and current research, Flynn gives readers concrete ideas for making the best use of their time and energy"--