Relational Leadership in Education

<p>When is leadership not relational? When is education not relational? When is life not relational? Relationships <em>always</em> matter to our living educating and leading. <i>Relational Leadership in Education</i> considers this ‘Relational Leadership’ within the context of education critiquing the current ideological ‘context’ and contemporary understandings of its influence. Employing a phenomenological approach this book explores the relational nature of education Relational Leadership and the organizational culture to provide a more sophisticated exploration of practice-based wisdom. It offers an extensive range of activities for further thinking on the experiential nature of Relational Leadership grouped around a number of themes: Relational Leadership and sensibilities; organizational culture; professional development; curriculum pedagogy and assessment; and the reconstruction of a postgraduate Educational Leadership and Management programme for experienced emergent and aspiring leaders.</p><p>‘Relational Leadership’ is not about describing yet another style of leadership but rather about a relational way of being in leadership that utilizes refined relational sensibilities. ‘Relational Leadership’ is also a reminder of what is critical in a leader’s practice — leadership is always relational and relationships are the essence of leadership.</p>