{"product_id":"educational-leadership-simplified-a-guide-for-existing-and-aspiring-leaders-paperback","title":"Educational Leadership Simplified: A Guide for Existing and Aspiring Leaders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Bates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndy Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeading in education is a difficult job to do well. Political, financial and organisational pressures need to be managed smartly and difficult decisions need to be made. Written in Bob Bates′ trademark style, this guide offers concise and clear support to help you lead and inspire in education. In collaboration with Andy Bailey, a former headteacher and school inspector with recent Ofsted lead inspection experience, Bob combines practical knowledge of leadership roles in education with robust theories underpinning leadership and management.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCovering a wide range of key areas including team-building, coaching, conflict, change and budget management, creating a supportive work environment and working with various stakeholders - this is the go-to companion for anyone who is, or aspires to be, a senior leader in schools, colleges and other educational organisations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso from Bob Bates: \u003cbr\u003e Learning Theories Simplified\u003cbr\u003e A Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Bates was a Senior Executive in the Civil Service for twenty years. During this time, he also worked as a staff trainer and coach and mentor to people with disabilities. He then set up his own Management \u0026amp; Training Consultancy (The Arundel Group), which celebrates its 25\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary next year. His work as a management consultant covered a number of local and central government projects as well as working as a trainer with major UK private sector companies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1990s Bob started a lecturing career, during which time he gained two Masters Degrees in Management and Education and a PhD in Education. He has taught over 1000 teachers and trainers on graduate and post-graduate programmes at two universities. He currently manages and teaches on City \u0026amp; Guild Teaching Award, Certificate and Diploma courses in a Community College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first edition of \u003ci\u003eLearning Theories Simplified\u003c\/i\u003e was Bob's third book. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Book of BIG Management Theories\u003c\/i\u003e, written with Jim McGrath, was on W.H, Smiths' non-fiction best sellers list for nearly a year, is being translated into fifteen languages, including Japanese and Arabic, and was chosen by the Chartered Management Institute as the CMI's Practical Management Book of the Year for 2014. His second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Book of BIG Coaching Theories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epublished in February 2015, was also a best seller and has been translated into German and Thai. His fourth book, \u003ci\u003eA Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by SAGE in 2016 and his fifth book, \u003ci\u003eLeadership Theories Simplified\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by SAGE in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob shares his time these days between writing, working voluntarily for a charity that promotes health and education in the Gambia, researching into offender learning and homelessness and teaching Adult Education Teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob can be contacted through his web site \u003cb\u003ebobbates.co.uk\u003c\/b\u003e (here you get an option to pick \u003ci\u003eResearch\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eBad Bob Bates - \u003c\/i\u003eplease choose the former) or email \u003cb\u003esaddlers9899@aol.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Bailey has been an education practitioner for nearly 50 years. He was the Head Teacher of a primary school in the West Midlands for 26 years from 1983 until 2009. From 2000 until 2005 he was an External Advisor for the national programme for the Performance Management of Head Teachers. He was a School Improvement Partner employed by the Birmingham and Walsall Education Authorities to work within a number of schools between 2006 and 2011. From 2012 until 2015 he was an inspector for Ofsted working as a Lead Inspector in 2014 and 2015. Since his retirement from his head teacher's post he has worked as a consultant in a number of primary schools in Birmingham and Walsall. \u003c\/p\u003eAndy has also written or co-written a number of educational publications for practitioners and pupils in England and Wales and the Caribbean and has lectured to teachers, managers and advisers in a number of local authorities and universities in England and also in the Caribbean.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.5 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377716924653,"sku":"9781526423771","price":103.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/mOpKVdSw6C9781526423771.webp?v=1785614896","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/educational-leadership-simplified-a-guide-for-existing-and-aspiring-leaders-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}