The link between theory and practice is crucial to grasp as an educational leader. Palestini shows readers the importance of organizational development and effective management of the change process in successful school administration and leadership. Using a diagnostic approach to organizational development, he systematically integrates the important aspects of organizational behavior into case analysis. The book presents opportunities for portfolio building and simultaneously stresses the importance of leadership that comes from both the heart and the mind.

"The case study approach is an excellent method to put theory into practice...the activities work logically with the text and the chapter case studies as well as with the general concepts of the chapter." - School Administrator