The text is at once practical and inspiring, presenting in orderly fashion a compelling 'continuum of change' skill set. It concludes with a priority leader assessment tool, which will help leaders apply concepts and help district colleagues understand what priority leadership is all about. Recommended.

Choice Reviews

The uniquely practical wisdom of two veterans in school leadership. This book is invaluable for authentic strategic planning.

Juanita Lamely, Oregon State University

The 10 chapters are presented as a growth continuum. They cover subjects such as moving from planning to vision, from hidden agendas to authentic listening, and from arrival to growth.

Reference and Research Book News

Priority Leadership will gently but persuasively tell you things you should have already known and wish you would have acted on much earlier.

School Administrator

A unique look at leadership. This is not a list of tricks but a clear picture of how to authentically lead a school district to greater levels of achievement....Robert T. Hess and James W. Robinson have taken their local and personal leadership experiences and made them universal. They speak to all of us as we challenge our own conceptions of leadership.

Tom Ruhl, Program Director, Educational Leadership Program, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

I wish I had had this no-nonsense little volume in front of me during my turbulent days as a school principal....Rob T. Hess and James W. Robinson are the keepers of the candle of uncommonly good sense in our profession of too much non-sense....School people see outsiders' efforts to reform their schools as changing things without improving them much. Outsiders see what school people do as improving things a bit without changing them much. Hess and Robinson show us how to change AND improve things.

Roland Barth, founder, Harvard Principals' Center and the International Network of Principals' Center