Tony Bushis Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham, and previously held professorial positions at the universities of Leicester, Reading, Lincoln, and Warwick. Les Bell is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at the Universities of Leicester and Lincoln. David Middlewood is currently a part-time Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Studies in the University of Warwick, having previously worked at the University of Lincoln and the University of Leicester where he was Deputy Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership and Management.

Part I: Principles of Educational Leadership and Management
1 Models of Educational Leadership - Tony Bush
2 Instructional Leadership 1950-2018: Transformation from an American to a Global Leadership Construct - Philip Halliinger
3 An Ethics of Educational Leadership for Turbulent and Complex Times - Mike Bottery
4 Solo and Shared Leadership - Megan Crawford
5 Excellence in Educational Leadership: Practices, Capabilities and Virtues that Foster Improved Student Outcomes - Viviane M. J. Robinson
Part II: Leadership, Management and Professionalism
6 Leading and Managing Professional Learning - Les Bell
7 Leading and Managing Professional Staff - David Middlewood
8 Appraisal and Performance Management - David Middlewood
9 Resource Management - Raj Mestry
10 Leadership Preparation and Development - Tony Bush and Carmen Montecinos
Part III: Leadership for Social Justice
11 Gender and Educational Leadership - Pontso Moorosi
12 Leadership for Diversity and Inclusion - Jack Lumby
13 Race and Ethnicity in Educational Leadership - Paul Miller
14 The Participation and Influence of Stakeholders in School Leadership and Management - Michael Connolly, Catherine Farrell and Chris James
15 Leading Schools in Challenging Circumstances - Alma Harris and Michelle Jones
Part IV: Leadership and Context
16 Leadership and Globalisation - Howard Stevenson
17 Contextualising the Study and Practice of School Leadership in an era of Globalisation - Philip Hallinger
18 Leadership and Culture - Allan Walker and Qian Haiyan
19 School Leadership in Developing Countries: The Case of South Africa - Felix Maringe and Nevensha Sing
20 Educational Leadership in Post-Conflict Situations: A Brief Reconnoitre - Tom ODonoghue and Simon Clarke