This book presents the accounts of successful headteachers (principals) in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales. It contains the following 14 articles: "Strategic Management in an Infant School" (Angela Bird; Les Bell); "Building the Vision: A TQM Approach" (Gwenn Brockley; Ray Moorcroft); "The Culture of Counseling as an Engine for Change" (Carolyn Clarke; Terry Martin); "Leading a Primary School to Enhance Its Distinctively Catholic Identity" (Frances Hardy); "Coming to Grips with the Realities of Marketing" (John Loftus; Nick Selley); "Developing and Sustaining School Effectiveness" (Mo Williams); "Double Vision: 40 Years On" (Bernard Barker); "A Vision for Lilian Baylis" (Yvonne Bates); "The Process of Vision Creation: Intuition and Accountability" (John Cain);"Leading the Creative School" (Elizabeth Duffy); "Modeling Development Alternatives" (David Gower); "Sustaining the Vision: Quality Management and School Effectiveness" (Eric Tope); "Teacher Participation in Decision-Making" (Tony Tuckwell); "Creating the Vision and Making It Happen" (Mark Wasserberg). (Contains a subject index.) (WFA)