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The text argues that failures in succession stem from flawed assumptions about leadership and from oversight during crises, not only from manipulation. It emphasizes principals’ legacy and long-term improvement measured across years and multiple leaders. 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Failuretocarefor leadershipsuccession issometimes a resultof manipulationor self-centeredness;but moreoften it isoversight, neglect,orthepressuresof crisismanagementthataretoblame.  \nSuccession is often mismanaged because basic assumptions about leadership are flawed. People tend to equate leadership with administratively senior individuals (Leithwood, Jantzi, and Steinbach 1999). Heroic leaders who turn around failing schools stand out. Transformational leaders, rather than transformational leadership, get the greatest attention in leadership research (Gronn 1996). However, distributed leadership—leadership that spreads across organizations without diminishing the importance of the principal’s role—is starting to draw more attention (Crowther et al. 2002; Spillane, Halverson, and Diamond 2001) .  \nPrincipals’ impact on their schools is often influenced greatly by their predecessorsand successors. Whether or not they are aware of it, principals stand on the shoulders of those who went before them and lay the foundation for those who will follow. Sustainable, significant improvement depends on understanding and managing this process over time (Hargreaves and Fink 2003) .  \nReformers and change experts rarely grasp the long-term aspects of leadership. Quick-fix changes to turn around failing schools often exhaust teachers and the principal, and improvement efforts are not sustained. The principal’s success in a turnaround school may lead to his or her own rapid promotion, but can result in regression among teachers who feel abandoned by their leader or relieved when the pressure is off.  \nThe Educational Forum •Volume 69 • Winter 2005 • 163  \nHargreaves  \nSustainable improvement and the contribution principals make must be measured over many years and several principals, not just one or two. What legacy do principals leave on their departure? What capacities have they created among students, community, and staff? How should others build on what has been achieved? These are the core questions of succession.  \nLeadership succession isnot just a temporary episodic problem in individual schools, but a pervasive crisis in the system. In the past decade, school districts have become more demanding about replacing school principals. The exodus of principals precipitated by the retirement of aging Baby Boomers and those choosing early retirement due to standardized reform pressures are creating heightened instability in school leadership (Association of California School Administrators 2001; National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform 2002) .  \nSeveral colleagues and I have investigated leadership succession as part of a Spencer Foundation–funded study, Change Over Time?, in eight high schools in the United States and Canada (Hargreaves, Moore et al. 2003; Hargreaves in press) . The database for this study includes more than 250 interviews with teachers and administrators who worked in these schools from 1970–1990. One of the most significant factors affecting the life of a school and the sustainability of its improve  \nment efforts, we discovered, is  \nleadership succession. Our results showed that successful succession depends on sound planning, successful employment of outbound and inbound leadership knowledge, limiting the frequency of succession events, and preserving leadership in the face of movements toward more management.  \nLeadershipsuccessionis  \nnotjustatemporaryepisodic problem in individual schools, but apervasive crisis inthe system.  \nSuccession Planning  \nA central issue in leadership succession is whether a transition in leadership establishes continuity or provokes discontinuity—and to what extent this is deliberately planned. The intersection of these possibilities creates distinct types of leadership succession.  \nPla","cbCaitoKygVjT3O8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitoKygVjT3O8","pdf",102842,11,"English","# Leadership succession: causes and misconceptions\n## Flawed assumptions and leadership models\n## Principals, legacy, and long-term improvement\n# System-level crisis and study findings\n## Instability from principal turnover\n## Research design and key results\n# Succession planning: continuity vs discontinuity","[{\"question\":\"What did the study in high schools find about successful succession?\",\"answer\":\"Successful succession relies on sound planning, effective use of outbound and inbound leadership knowledge, limiting how often succession events occur, and preserving leadership amid movements toward more management.\"}]","Leadership Succession - core essay | PDF",1792095949,28]