CaSPA Book Club - Please Contribute

In the CaSPA Newsletter there is section called Principal Profiles and in the profile Principals have nominated: "A Book I Would Recommend". For future Newsletters I would like to broaden the opportunity for all Catholic Secondary Principals to send in their recommendations with a short summary and a photo of the book's cover. Hopefully you will like my offering below.

Kind regards

Phil Lewis

CaSPA Executive Officer

The Opposable Mind (Roger Martin)

Roger's book explores not what successful leaders do but rather how successful leaders think. The book outlines the methodology of the research and his findings, which I have found fascinating and practical as a former Principal applying it in my work with College Leadership Teams. The book and Roger's website provided valuable professional learning for all of us in the team. The challenge and function of Integrative Thinking helped us avoid group think, disagree, collaborate, listen and challenge ourselves to develop great ideas ..... not just good ones! The book is an intense read but provides a new way of perceiving the work of leaders and how they can think to achieve continuous improvement.

Happy reading!

Phil