This book is about developing young leaders in schools. It argues that we need to generate broad-based distributed leadership within, between and across schools to be certain of lasting change and improvement.

Alma Harris is Pro-Director (Leadership) and Professor of School Leadership at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is also Associate Director of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.

1. Leadership in a Changing World 2. Leadership in Crisis 3. Distributed Leadership 4. Distributed Leadership: the Theory 5. Distributed Leadership: the Evidence 6. Distributed Leadership in Context 7. Distributed Leadership Practice: Within Schools 8. Distributed Leadership Practice: Between and Outside Schools 9. Distributed Leadership and Knowledge Creation 10. Future Leadership