Acknowledgements; Strategy and the principal: Setting the scene; Engaging with the literature: Where are we now?; What do we have here? Putting the literature to the test; Leadership preparation and school-based planning: The Trojan Horse of the state; Lacking a shared vision: Practitioners and the literature on the topic of strategy; Strategy as leadership: An alternate way of seeing; An alternate research programme: The leadership practices of educational managers; New look strategic leaders or a new look at strategy? What to from here?; References; Index