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Becoming a Transformative Leader from the Inside Out
A Guide for Educators
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Becoming a Transformative Leader from the Inside Out
A Guide for Educators
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Description
Becoming a Transformative Leader from the Inside Out: A Guide for Educators is written for both emerging and veteran school leaders who want to transform our education system to one where everyone thrives. The Inside Out Transformative Leadership Model is a journey of development, starting with self-transformation and expanding outward to transform our schools and positively influence society. Along the way, Dr. Owen and Dr. Mason share authentic and vulnerable stories of leading schools, making the lessons memorable. Written to be used in leadership courses and professional development, Becoming a Transformative Leader from the Inside Out is based on neuroscience, systems thinking, and holistic philosophy. But it is so much more than theory. Filled with activities and directly applicable directions and actionable ideas, it will change your life, improve your relationships, and impact your school and community.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Foundations
1 Becoming
2 Our Core Values
3 Transformation
4 The Inside Out Transformative Leadership Model
5 Transforming Education: From Fractured Systems to Healing and Wholeness
6 Transforming Systems: Shifting from an Industrial Paradigm to Living Systems
Part II Inside Out Transformative Leadership
7 The First Inside Out Layer: Let It Begin with You-Self-Knowledge and Self-Development
8 The Second Inside Out Layer: Relationships, Communication, and Developing Others
9 The Third Inside Out Layer: Dignity and Belonging through Group Development
10 The Fourth Inside Out Layer: Your School and District
11 The Fifth Inside Out Layer: Effecting Social Change
Part III Progress
12 Measuring Progress
13 Praxis Makes Perfect
References
About the Authors and Contributors
Product details
| Published | 27 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 312 |
| ISBN | 9798881801243 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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Renee Lee Owen and Christine Mason, authors of this dramatically engaging work . . . create not only a vision of a new model for the world of educators and education, they also present us with a manual for accomplishing it with humor, hope, real-world experience, wisdom, and courage.
Jean Houston, PhD, (from the foreword)
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Becoming a Transformative Leader from the Inside Out is an invitation to deep personal and professional growth for school leaders. Both engaging and accessible, the work pulls together a rich array of research and theory, bringing complex ideas to life through examples and personal narratives. The book's ambitions are clear and far-reaching: to empower school leaders to fundamentally reimagine and shape the future of education.”
Chad Hoggan, EdD, professor, Adult & Lifelong Education, North Carolina State University
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In a time that calls for deep inner anchoring, Becoming a Transformative Leader from the Inside Out is the guide educational leaders have been waiting for. Drs. Renee Owen and Christine Mason offer not just wisdom, but a clear, step-by-step path-while honoring the truth that transformation is never linear. Grounded, practical, and profoundly timely.”
Meena Srinivasan, founding executive director, Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL)

























