Abstract
Leadership is about change. Organizations, especially educational institutions, are currently experiencing revolutionary, not evolutionary, change. Change is so widespread, so fast and unsettling, that it is not incremental; it is chaotic. In times of chaos and change, an effective leader must not only be able to cope with the environment, but also be able to shape it. In this article, we (a) describe change in the current chaotic environment; (b) discuss what leadership is and is not; (c) illustrate relationships among chaos, order, leadership, and organizational success; and (d) suggest four specific skills for leadership effectiveness and organizational success. The old ways of managing and organizing are no longer effective. The environment calls for a different set of leadership skills than those that might have sufficed in less turbulent times.
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