Philosophy Of Educational Leadership

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I define educational leadership as the ability to motivate and inspire others to reach a common goal through the use of ethical and data based decision-making, effective management and supervision, collaboration, and distributed leadership. It is vital in educational leadership that leaders devote themselves to being life-long learners and reflective of their strengths and weaknesses in leadership, collaboration, and one’s self. My philosophy of leadership involves 3 theories: situational, transformational, and authentic.
According to the PDF from V. Hardwood, Situational Theory suggest that leadership changes based on the situation. I agree with this theory because every situation does not need require the same leadership style. For