Teaching by Heart (Hardcover)

The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by heart summarises the author's key insights gained from more than forty years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. In examining how to lead and teach, renowned Harvard Business School Professor Thomas J. Delong takes the reader inside his own head and heart. He notes that, as teachers, we often focus more on our inadequacies and missteps than on our strengths and unique talents. He explains why this is so by dissecting and analysing his own experiences himself as a case study. The book's goal is to help readers learn about the intricacies of teaching and managing, and to impart lessons about how teachers can create a unique teaching atmosphere. To do this, the author analyses the process of creating a curriculum, preparing for an eighty-minute Class, managing the fifteen minutes before Class begins, and evaluating the nature of the teaching experience after the session concludes. Along the way, he connects specific classroom behaviour with leadership issues-inn organizations, in teams, and in personal relationships. He also asks-andd answers-somee provocative questions, such as: what happens on multiple levels when I teach or lead-withh me, students, or professionals? What am I thinking and feeling as I process what students are thinking and feeling? How are My internal conversations affecting how I teach and lead? How do I manage My biases, including having "favorite" Students? To what extent can I use teaching methods in the arena of management? Throughout teaching by heart, delong discusses why empathy and authenticity matter. When teachers embrace this mind-set, students have the opportunity to have a unique learning experience. Teachers and managers will learn how to create moments of transformation for students. Whether you're a University Professor, a student, a business leader, or just someone fascinated by teaching, this book will instruct, entertain, and-hopefullyyinspirer.