Education: The Importance Of Leadership In Education

“The term “leadership” is a recent addition to the English language. In fact, the word did not come into usage until the late 19 Century” (Thamarasseri, 2014). Based on Mindy Gibbins-Klein’s thoughts, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Qadri, in his article, states that leadership is “having a vision, sharing that vision and inspiring others to support your vision while creating their own."(2016) Throughout the history, leadership has been a controversial issue among the people in all spheres. In comparison with other fields, leadership in educational management is a new term, however the essence of this word is not much more different. Ismail Thamarasseri explains that “leadership in Education means, directing the activities of those engaged in the

The fact that, for instance, to know foreign language does not mean it is possible to be a linguistic teacher. To be more precise, Petra Wilton compares it with riding a bicycle and states that “most people can ride a bicycle, but not everyone can be Olympic winners. It’s the same with management and leadership.” (Williams, 2016) Taking into consideration rapid changes in every field, the need to follow educational trends is a substantial element for potential leaders. No one can acknowledge that without being up-to-date to alteration of the world around us, it is feasible, as a leader, to lead others vigorously. According to the article “What Is An Innovative Educational Leader?” by Joseph M. Marron and Dan Cunniff (2014, pp.146-148) five distinctive features are requisite on the way of leadership. Briefly, article provides full of detailed information about the acronym “HELPPSS”(heart, empathy, learning, passion, perseverance, strategy and speed). Authors illustrate the importance of good heart which is observed through attitude and demonstrate that it should be trained in order to figure out its relation to health and how to re-charge especially in busy work days. In the same way, they explain all traits respectively and emphasize significance of training for these personal characteristics to be an innovative

According to Daniel Pink (2005) creative thinking is increasingly necessary to accomplish goals in our complex, interconnected world, and education researches and psychologists tout the school benefits of possessing creative abilities (Sternberg, 2006) By the help of formal trainings, creative leaders interrogate standard concepts openly and take heart from complex issues and struggling situations. Therewithal, the question is “how can we figure out centric difficulties of education in the case of management?” There are some steps which should be followed in order to enhance creativity. As a key factor, having and getting deep information about required issue, specifically about education, help to identify obscure points and make your brain work in order to find out new ways to enlighten particular areas. If it is complemented with profound observation and intelligent communication with managers it means that foundation of complexities is already